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Many of us love to grow and eat squash, but that endeavor does not come without challenges. Two primary challenges to successfully growing squash are the squash bug and the squash vine borer. I’ve had ...

Answer: You are not alone, and I’m glad you’re already gearing up. Last year I addressed multiple questions about controlling squash bugs in September and October columns. However, by then, most ...

A few weeks ago a friend on Facebook posted a picture of a squash bug or Anasa tritis. Seems he was scouting his garden and found the insects on his squash plants. Squash bug has a snout it inserts in ...

I love squash and would love to grow some in my garden, but so many of my gardener friends have given up on growing squash. Any suggestions to help keep my squash plants healthy? — K.S. As gardeners, ...

If there's one word that describes the squash bug (Anasa tristis), it is frustrating, according to Hélène Doughty, the lead author of an article that appears in the Journal of Integrated Pest ...

Squash bugs harm zucchini and pumpkins by feeding on leaves and fruit, leading to wilting and poor harvests. Control them early with handpicking, organic sprays, and by attracting beneficial insects.

Many insects plague the vegetable gardener, but few are as lethal as the squash bug and the cucumber beetle. Plants may die from the squash bugs' continual feeding or from the bacterial wilt that ...

A discovery about how a common insect acquires a microbe that is essential for its growth may help in the control of an agricultural pest. The squash bug carries a gut bacterium that is essential for ...

The squash bug carries a gut bacterium that is essential for the bug’s development into an adult. But when they hatch from their eggs, squash bug nymphs do not have the bacteria in their systems. That ...