Bugs on Squash

[AlittleSalt]

I'm thinking these are aphids on this yellow crookneck summer squash leaf. I would like your opinion and recommendations.

[Worth1]

Look like squash bug eggs to me.

Worth

[jmsieglaff]

Originally Posted by Worth1

Look like squash bug eggs to me.

Worth

+1. Seek and destroy!

[AlittleSalt]

That would make sense - I usually see them on the underside of leaves though. Looks like I'll be buying a bottle of dish soap for the garden. I wonder if adding some Clorox to the soapy water would help?

Forgot to add - I put the leaf in a glass jar. I want to see if they'll hatch out. And then Clorox-icide them

[Worth1]

It wouldn't be so bad if they had a family of one or two, but no they have to have litters.

Worth

[luigiwu]

I am not sure if spray works on the eggs, I remember reading to take packing tape to them and tape/suck them up!

[Worth1]

I bet a little brush with some coal oil or mineral oil would knock the eggs dead in their tracks.

I cannot get over how fast it killed the aphids on my oleander plant and not hurt the leaves.,

Worth

[Tracydr]

I like Diatomaceous earth for these bugs. It kills the babies pretty quick.
The kaolin clay surround is also supposed to help.
Neem oil,spinosad and soap may help rights after hatching,too.

[pmcgrady]

Are they eating your squash? If not, leave them be... They look like good bugs.

[Worth1]

They look like roman soldiers in a wedge formation with another group going for a flanking move.

Worth

[AlittleSalt]

They are squash bugs. It took me a while of searching around each plant, but I found two of them um connected. They died of natural causes -

cause my scissors cut them into

[DjonesNC]

Those are squash bug eggs and that means any delay in killing, eradicating or destroying the eggs ultimately means danger for your plant. Add a tbs of mineral oil or canola, 1 tbs liquid dish soap to a gallon of H2O or buy neem oil asap and spray away.

[greenthumbomaha]

I've always seen squash bug eggs in little clusters on the leaf underside in the shape of an irregular pea. Squishing them with your gloved hand is the preferred treatment in my garden. They have a bacteria that will cause your plant to wilt and die overnight. The bug will also overwinter in your soil if you don't get to them. Then its three years of crop rotation. Yuck.

- Lisa

[AlittleSalt]

in 2014, we grew squash in a raised bed on the opposite side of our house away from the main garden. The squash bugs were bad. I sprayed soapy water on them, but I didn't know to add mineral oil. I'll add that to the shopping list. Thanks DjonesNC

In 2015, it rained so much that our squash drowned before squash bugs had a chance to show up. The only squash that grew last year were two Gialla Nostrale plants that grew on a fence - I don't remember seeing squash bugs - they may have drown too? It rained over 73" here last year.

Lisa, I too had only seen their eggs on the underside of the leaves in 2014. That's why I thought they might be some kind of large aphid or something like that. But after remembering back - yeah, they're squash bug eggs.

[DjonesNC]

Surprisingly, mineral oil is an ingredient that is found in many over the counter organic sprays at the box stores. It provides the additional cling to it effect; and smothers the insects and eggs.