Squash Vine Borers

Get rid of squash vine borers 🐛 If left unchecked squash vine borers will absolutely decimate your squash plants. Moths will lay their eggs on squash stems, the eggs will hatch, and the larva will begin to eat the stems from the inside out. If you see a golden yellow sawdust appear on your stems, you likely have squash borers. You can try to save your plants by cutting the stems open and pulling the borers out. Prevent future eggs from being laid on your stems by wrapping them in aluminum foil.

Have you ever had a winter or summer squash vine, or even a pumpkin vine, that was growing along beautifully and then all of a sudden the whole vine started to wilt and die? That is often the symptoms of a pest known as the squash vine borer. The squash vine borer is an orange and black moth that lays small flat, reddish brown eggs along the stems of the base of your vines. Once those eggs hatch, the larva emerge and burrow down into the stem below the soil where it feeds on your vine and kills

Squash Vine Borers

Squash Bug & Vine Borer Prevention and Treatment

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