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Spot the squash vine borer egg. This one had the potential to destroy the entire plant, based on where it was located. Check early and often! #gardening [#veget (a.mindlycdn.com)

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Spot the squash vine borer egg. This one had the potential to destroy the entire plant, based on where it was located. Check early and often! #gardening #vegetablegardening #zucchini #pest #squashbug @gardening

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 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.