Ken W Wilson wrote:They are actually called squash bugs. They can build up huge populations. They’ll move into your melons after they’re done with the squash. I don’t know what to do about them. My chickens wouldn’t eat them. I pretty much quit growing zuchini because of them. I’m trying some squash varieties that are more resistant this year.
Michael Sohocki wrote:I've read about the weird, wretched way that BT was discovered: somebody picked the caterpiggles off a plant they liked, and drowned and rotted them in water--then pureed it, and sprayed it back on the living. They didn't know of course that the bacteria Thuringensis was alive in the syrum they had created, but the caterpiggles sure weren't fond of it.
But the idea's got merrit, by golly.
Would you eat a squash that was covered in pureed rotten humans?
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Bryant RedHawk wrote:Those are assassin bugs, both an adult and probably her newly hatched brood. They will eat any squash beetles that they find, good critter in my book.
Bryant RedHawk wrote:Those are assassin bugs, both an adult and probably her newly hatched brood. They will eat any squash beetles that they find, good critter in my book.
Joylynn Hardesty wrote:
Bryant RedHawk wrote:Those are assassin bugs, both an adult and probably her newly hatched brood. They will eat any squash beetles that they find, good critter in my book.
I went out this morning, with my soapy water, after reading this thread. Tada!!! My first ever seen Assassins!
Ninja Assassins! Yay! Now, I wanna keep 'em around, so... my neem oil should not be used near them. Right?
Christopher Hutchins wrote:
Joylynn Hardesty wrote:
Bryant RedHawk wrote:Those are assassin bugs, both an adult and probably her newly hatched brood. They will eat any squash beetles that they find, good critter in my book.
I went out this morning, with my soapy water, after reading this thread. Tada!!! My first ever seen Assassins!
Ninja Assassins! Yay! Now, I wanna keep 'em around, so... my neem oil should not be used near them. Right?
I'm starting to think that I was right in my guess that these are assassin look alikes. They don't look like they're spreading out for the hunt or trying to find something too hunt. They seem very happy to just congregate on any juicy bit of plant - zucchini, summer squash, cucumber, or peas.
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"Be a lamp, or a lifeboat, or a ladder."-Rumi
Judith Browning wrote:
Christopher Hutchins wrote:
Joylynn Hardesty wrote:
Bryant RedHawk wrote:Those are assassin bugs, both an adult and probably her newly hatched brood. They will eat any squash beetles that they find, good critter in my book.
I went out this morning, with my soapy water, after reading this thread. Tada!!! My first ever seen Assassins!
Ninja Assassins! Yay! Now, I wanna keep 'em around, so... my neem oil should not be used near them. Right?
I'm starting to think that I was right in my guess that these are assassin look alikes. They don't look like they're spreading out for the hunt or trying to find something too hunt. They seem very happy to just congregate on any juicy bit of plant - zucchini, summer squash, cucumber, or peas.
Have you been able to get a look at their back legs to rule out a 'leaf footed' bug? Do they all have a curve to their body like some in your photo?
This is why I tend to leave all bugs in my gardens and yard alone anymore and let them work out the balance without my intervention.
Ken W Wilson wrote:They are actually called squash bugs. They can build up huge populations. They’ll move into your melons after they’re done with the squash. I don’t know what to do about them. My chickens wouldn’t eat them. I pretty much quit growing zuchini because of them. I’m trying some squash varieties that are more resistant this year.
NON ASSUMPSIT. I am by no means an expert at anything. Just a lucky guesser.
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NON ASSUMPSIT. I am by no means an expert at anything. Just a lucky guesser.
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