I live in the Bay Area of California and I have two Bush Cucumbers that are lush and exploding with cucumber flowers and emerging cukes....But now I have a problem with something that has been eating the cucumbers....There is no damage to any of the leaves and I have not really seen any bugs on the plant...I look on and under the leaves but see no insects....the only insects close by are ants which are speeding up and down the brick area of the raised bed it is in...I have placed some ant bait traps along the route but I don't actually see the ants on the plant...Last week I noticed two cucumbers about 2-3 inches long that fell off of the plant....Then I spotted a nice healthy cuke about 5 inches long.... The next day there was a chunk taken out of the cucumber...there were no holes to indicate worms...the damage was from the outside in....by the next day a few more chunks were taken out of the cucumber....The day after the whole cucumber is cleaned out except for part of the rind and the two ends of it....Now I have another cuke about 4 inches long and the same thing is beginning to happen to it...I have checked like mad and still see no visible sign of any insect....Help before the invisible invader eats all my cucumbers....This is the first time I've grown cucumbers in the ground....
