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Post by daylilydude on Jul 29, 2011 6:55:55 GMT -5
They are/were on several squash leaves...
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Post by Deleted on Jul 29, 2011 9:13:00 GMT -5
Those are squash bugs eggs. Squash the eggs between your thumb nails--they pop when you squish 'em! If a little bit of damage is done to the leaf during the squashing process, it is okay. The leaf will survive the damage.
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Post by w8in4dave on Jul 29, 2011 9:24:00 GMT -5
Ohhhhh nooooo DLD .....That must mean you have squash bugs!
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Post by izzy on Jul 29, 2011 15:07:39 GMT -5
maybe not - I have some eggs very similar on my squash but mine appear darker (to my blinded-by-the-sun eyes). It may be that your camera can "see" them better than I can. Here's what I remember when I searched online about three weeks ago, but now can't remember the name of the moth or butterfly that lays them. They will hatch a small green worm - looks exactly like a cabbage looper, but smaller than half it's size. Also, these worms move fast when you go after them. They will eat the leaves ragged, but, from my experience, they have not done lasting damage. I imagine if my plants were smaller, younger, it could have a more serious impact. After gorging on the leaves, the worm pupates in a brown cocoon at the leaf edge. where it spins a thick white web that folds the leaf over to enclose it until the adult emerges. I need to learn to take better notes; its not in my browser history any longer. Squash bugs lay their eggs on the underside of leaves in the narrow margin of leaf veins. The eggs are yellow to yellow/orange, but get darker at maturity. They are very closely placed in neat rows. Here's a picture www.uky.edu/Ag/CritterFiles/casefile/insects/bugs/leaffooted/leaffooted.htm#nymph
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Post by txdirtdog on Jul 29, 2011 18:27:59 GMT -5
Izzy, sounds like that caterpillar you are referring to is the leaf roller. Small white butterfly. I had them fall before last and last spring. Sevin powder did not take them out. Last fall, BT did take them out of the garden. They did not manifest this spring. They did manage to take down some medium sized cucumber and squash vines by killing the growing tips. I was not happy with them.
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Post by littleminnie on Jul 29, 2011 20:48:03 GMT -5
I have never seen squash bug eggs not in a little formation. What a pathetic squash bug to lay those haphazard eggs! It was like pooping them out and walking at the same time.
I haven't had squash bugs since 2008 but I found two mating last week and went after them with my knife. They were wily however. I found one egg grouping and no others. I can't believe I would have scared them off. I have so many zucs this year I kind of want some to be lost to bugs to allow me space to walk through.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 30, 2011 10:13:35 GMT -5
Typically, I find squash bugs in a triangular formation at the base of a leaf. However, I also find them on stems and I find them in all sorts of formations. They are a bronze color.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 5, 2011 14:16:31 GMT -5
I have 3 angry words: stupid squash bugs! My garden was overrun with them this past season. They eventually didn't seem to care what kind of formation they laid seeds in or even what plant they were on. They even went crazy in my watermelon until the patch died. I didn't end up with any watermelon, pumpkins, or winter squash and very little summer squash.
There were too many to simply get the eggs off the leaves. Every day, I could've spent an hour on leaves and still missed a bunch. I drowned lots of the hatched bugs in soapy water, and I sprayed the leaves with a soap, garlic, and hot pepper mix. We've had squash bugs for 3 years, but this was the worst yet. Any suggestions, as I'm worried I may end up with a bigger problem next year from squash bugs that have overwintered?
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