To Susan
This may be helpful... Pictures.
Nymphs, and adult laying eggs. As the eggs age, they darken to a darkish brown.
https://vegcropshotline.org/article/squash-bugs-2/ From Purdue University
It's not a squash vine borer, as I understand it, they start out as a grub like thing, then pupate into an adult.
http://articles.extension.org/pages/65684/biology-and-management-of-squash-vine-borer-in-organic-farming-systems Author from Cornell University.
Sooo.... So while your bug may damage squash, perhaps the id of your squash bug was a
local name for it?