sunflowers attracting cucumber beetles

I read that sunflowers attract cucumber beetles away from cucumber plants. I planted the reddish variety. Do the sunflowers need to be the yellow kind?

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#1 Comment By Downtoearthdigs On 07/05/2015 @ 4:03 pm

No, I do not think the variety matters. Cucumber beetles are naturally attracted to all sunflowers.

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