Insect identification on squash
 

Can anyone help me identify this insect? It resembles an Asian ladybug, but since it is munching on a squash leaf, I suspect it is something else entirely.

This it?
[URL]https://extension.umd.edu/learn/double-trouble-squash-bug-and-squash-beetle[/URL]

Yep, what JamesL said. Mexican bean beetle is your foe.

Dang, squished one on a tomato yesterday. Wonder if that's why my bean seedlings look so sad?
The cowpeas look fine, though.

[QUOTE=Tracydr;478491]Dang, squished one on a tomato yesterday. Wonder if that's why my bean seedlings look so sad?
The cowpeas look fine, though.[/QUOTE]
Cowpeas do really good in the Americas compared to other legumes.
Probably because they have little or no natural enemies.:)

Worth

[QUOTE=Worth1;478497]Cowpeas do really good in the Americas compared to other legumes.
Probably because they have little or no natural enemies.:)

Worth[/QUOTE]

Except aphids. In AZ, they were magnets for them.

[QUOTE=Tracydr;478520]Except aphids. In AZ, they were magnets for them.[/QUOTE]

Aphids plants and all as you know by my past posts are death by fire at my house.
Only two times have I had them in 10 years.
My hard core blitzkrieg(lightning war) eradication plan works.8-)
I patrol my yard every day for these things.
If I see them kerosine and fire is in order plant parts and all.:twisted:
Worth

Yes, I have a squash beetle it would seem. Thanks!

A light dusting of Sevin dust or a spray of Sevin very late in the evening will take care of them for a while if it doesn't rain.

Bill