I am beginning to hate squash.
I love fried squash and squash casseroles,
but I am having to work too hard to save my squash plants.
Every day I go out to the garden with my jug of soapy water .
I first look for all the patches of copper eggs.
These may be on the tops or undersides of the leaves.
Sometimes the tricky, yucky bugs even lay eggs on the flowers.
I rub these off with soapy fingers and dip my hand into the jug.
Then I search the stems for copulating adults.
I chase them down and throw them with disgust into the jug to drown.
The last task is to chase down all the youngins’ (nymphs)
and smash them between my soapy fingertips.
These little bugs may be green or gray depending on their stage.
They move in groups like a gangs of tiny thugs.
I really don’t like squash enough to keep this up…
unless there is a recipe that includes chocolate!
Quashing the Squash bugs is not worth it unless some chocolate is involved.
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floweralley 
Good luck! I have a beetle that eats my butterfly weed that I have been picking them off. I prefer Monarchs to do that.
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That is quite a task
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There is certainly something grossly satisfying when you can squash, drown, or otherwise dispose of the bad bugs in the garden!
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I secretly enjoy the murdering, but I must shower afterwards because the leaves make me itch.
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Oh dear! I hope you’ll win!
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I gave up on squash in the 90s. The borers did me in.
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They just keep coming. This is the most squash we have ever gotten from our few plants. They are spread out in two different gardens. This jug mess is getting old.
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Same here with cabbage white butterflies. They are decimating my winter crop of brassicas. Good luck. I recognise your bugs but so far they don’t seem to be too much of a problem.
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The battle is almost over here. Nature always wins in the end. Hooray.
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