I finally hobbled down to my vegetable garden. I wanted to investigate what was ravishing the zuchinni leaves.

This was not the usual culprit. Instead of finding the golden eggs of the squash bugs, I found a cluster of yellow eggs.
I hoped these were ladybug eggs, so I left them.

Then I saw things that looked like corn kernels with whiskers hooked on to the leaves like ticks on a dog. These were not moving, so if they had eaten the holes in the leaves, they were finished.

I did find elongated, yellow, spiky larvae which moved quickly to get away.

This is my first infestation with these whiskered- corn critters. I am a pesterer of pests, so finding any new insect is of interest.

I fear I should not have let that volunteer butternut squash vine take over my small garden.

The shade and lack of airflow cannot be a good thing.
There is a lot going on in my tiny plot. Stay tuned for birds, butterflies, snakes, squash and pumpkins.

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