If you've ever carefully cultivated squash or pumpkin vines only to have your hopes of scrumptious pies and casseroles dashed by squash bugs, you know how destructive they can be. These pests feed on ...

If you’ve noticed brown or gray insects with large, flat bodies scrambling over your precious zucchini, pumpkins, or squash, you may be dealing with a squash bug problem. These pests feed on most ...

Squash bugs can overwinter in the soil, leaf litter, and dead plants, and then attack plants again in spring. Prevent a re-infestation by destroying infested plants and debris, tilling deeply, and ...

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.

If you seem to have squash bugs every year, scout for squash bug eggs at least a few times a week. Egg clusters are usually found where two leaf veins meet. Squash bug eggs are most often laid on the ...

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 ...

Hi, Sue. Last year gray squash-eating bugs appeared in my garden around the kubocha squash vines. I read that applications of a Neem oil-water mixture sprayed on both sides of the leaves and vines ...

Growing summer squash like zucchini and yellow crookneck is a hallmark of western Pennsylvania gardens. Many of us have been either the benefactor or recipient of a grocery bag of extra zucchini, ...