You ever see that movie ratatouille? The part where the old lady goes CRAZY comes to mind.

If it were me, I'd head down and get some organic BT powder or spray and exterminate them.

Happy Hunting :)

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Mindy - where do you live?

Omaha

Oh yeah, I feel your pain. I have cucumber beetles and squash bugs on my squash and zucchini ( and cucumber, butternut,gourds and acorn squash). The squash bugs just about wiped me out last year so this year I am much more diligent about squishing the eggs and picking off the adults.I tried lots of organic approaches to get rid of them ( the pyrethrin spray works well on cuke bettles)but I have since moved on to the big guns. I sprayed some malathion last night ( after the bees were gone). I'm not seeing as many eggs today but we'll see how it goes for the next few days. Of course now I seem to have corn borers in a couple of my potato plants and Japanese beetles are eyeballing my beans! It never ends...

Is a squash bug the same as a vine borer beetle? I just put a bucnch of zukes and i dont want the vines turning to mush.. Are the eggs pickable before it gets into the plant?

I hate them you are sailing along getting a great crop them suddenly everything dies!

Rayinpenn - totally different. Squash bug eggs are pretty easy to spot and squish. SVB eggs are pretty elusive. I've never spotted one, anyway.

that is not good news..Ill see if perhaps a physical barrier could work

I wrapped the bases of the vines in foil. *shrugs. Dont know if that will do anything but i guess we will find out.

The moths come along at the same time as the bees, makes it difficult. They've worked this out.

When it comes to beetles, the best defense is to not let any survive over the winter. That sounds too good to be true, but is at least feasible to a fair degree.

I have beaten the squash bugs pretty well, the cuke beetles fairly well, the CPB pretty well. the JBs perhaps well [time will tell better], and I don't know about the corn root worm beetles as these can swarm in from corn fields suddenly it seems and you have to go heavy with them if they do show up.

Chris...what's BT?

BT powder, Bacillus thuringiensis, which is a soil dwelling bacteria and is also found in the gut of some caterpillars and moths. The most common is "Safer brand garden dust with BT"

When the BT is ingested by the worm, it works as a gut rot poison that makes the worm stop feeding. The caterpillar or worm will stop feeding immediately and die within days of malnutrition.

Carefully read and follow all directions on the product's label. B.T. is very specific and only works on caterpillars and leaf feeding worms.

It will not harm beneficial insects, children, pets or wildlife.

It is one of the most effective organic pest controls you can buy, you can either dust the plants or mix up a liquid spray. Direct sunlight breaks down the BT powder in a matter of days, so if you continue to have a problem you will need to reapply.

And yes, this is the same BT bacteria that they took and spliced genes into corn to make genetically modified crops, essentially they found a way to make the cropped plant produce the toxin (which only works on the bug's digestive system)