In bad years when we have a lot of squash bugs, I carry a regular old table knife (dull but slightly serrated) in my pocket, and scrape the eggs off with that. It gives a clean sweep, and is the best tool I've found for the job.

Do you worry about the fallen eggs hatching?

I posted this a couple of days ago in another thread, but duct tape works well - wrap some around your hand/glove, then just press your hand against the eggs and they stick to the duct tape and lift away.

from last year:

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i have done the knife, but hadn't even thought of tape, going to try today

Duct tape sounds like a great idea. I've been peeling them off and crushing them on a board or brick, or spraying Sevin. I don't worry about a small tear in leaves from this.