Those are squash bug eggs and nymphs and need to be eliminated. You'll likely find egg batches under other leaves as well. Personally I don't use chems but just search for the eggs and either rub them off the leaves or remove the leaf and squash it but chemical remedies are also available if you prefer. See the link below. Good luck. ;)

Dave

Here is a link that might be useful: Squash Bug

Thanks! I looked at pictures of squash bugs online and it didn't seem to resemble them. Sometimes experienced eye balls are worth a lot more!

I guess I will wander out to the garden and go collect some eggs. The plants have already set lots of fruit, although it isn't full grown yet, so the bugs are a bit late to do serious damage. I just set pumpkins out last week, though, and I am sure they will move to the cukes or melons if given a chance.

Here's the picture I could find of them but your pic is much better than many the professional bug sites have!! ;)

Here is a link that might be useful: Squash bug nymphs

I certainly agree with Dave that you have squash bugs and those rank very high on the squish worthy chart of bugs.

I also strongly agree that your picture is far superior to what I typically see on the web.

Your picture is soooo much better that I encourage you to google on squash bugs and send a copy of your pic to sites hosting pics of the eggs and nymphs so they can replace their inferior photos with your vastly superior one.

You would be doing gardeners a great favor.

Kill them now! Yes, those are bad guys.

Thanks for the compliments. I thought the pic was kind of bad because it's out of focus, but I wasn't going to drag the tripod out in the garden.

I found several adults while removing eggs and nymphs. The first one got away, but then I got better. :D Squishing didn't work, even though I broke my iron-clad rule about steping (letting alone stomping) in the beds. Although I did zap that first one with Neem before it got away. I don't know if that will kill it, but one can hope it slows it down or something. The rest I herded up a stem until I could knock them into a cup.

Only the gourds were infected, and seemingly only one kind of gourd. (I planted a mix; I don't know what is what, it was just for fun.) Well, I guess I have something else to add to my morning patrols with the Soapy Cup of Death.