More squash vine borer damage! First hint is this droopy leaf. Look on the underside and down the stem for small holes and/or lumps of frass. Sometimes you can extract the Squash Vine Borer and save the leaf, but this one is too far gone. Often the moth lays an egg right at the base of the leaf like this one did and you have to scrape it off before it digs into the vine and kills the leaf.

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The battle against the #squashBugs has just begun in earnest. Despite my best efforts to destroy their eggs, I found a hatched brood covering one of the #pumpkins. I broke out the #diatomaceousEarth and dusted a few of the stems. Little fuckers make my skin crawl! It's like #StarshipTroopers up in this bitch!

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Let’s play another round of “Spot the squash vine borer egg”! Can you see it? Zoom in and bam, staring us right in the face! Scrape that bad boy off of there! #vegetablegardening #gardening #growyourown #veggies #zucchini #squashbugs #svb #pests