• displaced_city_mouse@midwest.social
    2·
    1 year ago

    Unless I’m missing something, it’s the teeny tiny brown dot above the bottom zip tie.

    To be honest, vine borers were less of a problem than the GD squash bugs. I swear, last year’s crop was all squash bugs, very little actual squash. I decided not to even try squash this year - the only thing they didn’t eat were the birdhouse gourds, and I’ve still got plenty of those.

    • ZucchiniDramatis@mindly.socialOP
      2·
      1 year ago

      @displaced_city_mouse @oSeabass yes, it’s the small rust colored circle. They all look similar so if you get yours eyes trained to see them, they are easier to spot. I have considered not growing zucchini because it’s so time intensive finding and removing the eggs, but the are soooo tasty! Good luck with the pests this year.

      • displaced_city_mouse@midwest.socialEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        I’m in rural southern Illinois, and while we have both types of bugs around here, the squash and shield bugs have done more to stop me being a squash grower than anything. There are so many shield-type bugs around here – my kale and Brussels sprouts were damaged by harlequin bugs, and I’ve seen green shield bugs on my tomatoes today. At least I have ways to control the Japanese beetles and grasshoppers – nothing seems to stop shield/squash bugs short of squishing them.