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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Squash bugs harm zucchini and pumpkins by feeding on leaves and fruit, leading to wilting and poor harvests. Control them early ...

Beetles are among the most diverse and numerous insects on the planet, and if you’re a gardener, you’ve likely encountered them in your yard.

July and August in the vegetable garden typically bring bountiful harvests of colorful vegetables. These are also the months when insect pests can really make their presence known, with plant and ...

Protect your cucumbers, cantaloupe, squash, and pumpkins from cucumber beetles and the plant disease they can spread. If you ...

Squash bugs are a common pest of cucurbits, with a preference first for winter squash and pumpkins, followed by gourds, summer squash and melons, and occasionally cucumbers. Among squash, winter ...

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 ...

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 ...

Many of us love to grow and eat squash, but that endeavor does not come without challenges. Two primary challenges to successfully growing squash are the squash bug and the squash vine borer. You can ...

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.