How to identify and keep Squash bugs out of Your Garden

What damages the bug will cause and how to keep them from moving into your garden.

Instructions

1. What they look like. the adult- is dingy gray-black and nearly an inch lone with a narrow head and wings. They have a very bad odor when crushed. Nymph(babies) are general shaped like their adult form. They have reddish heads and legs and a green body. This later darkens with age, till the head and legs are black and the body is a dark grey.

2. What type of damages can this bug cause. Both the adult and nymphs suck on plant juices. Young plants can be killed, will older, mature plants will lost runners. Leaves on the damaged runners will wilt and become crisp and dark brown.

3. What can you do about this.If only a few wines are involved, the easiest and simplest control method is to hand collect the eggs and bugs. The eggs are 1/6 inch long, elliptical, yellowish-brown to bronze, and usually in clusters on the underside of leaves. Garden sanitation helps reduce the overwintering populations. Try to catch the infection of your garden fast, as only the young nymphs can be easily controlled by insecticides.