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Buffalo,Minnesota

I have been using sevin regularily all summer, but last evening I found multiple clusters of little brownish red eggs on the stems, and underside of my leaves. I sprayed again tonight, because I found hundreds more. What can I do now? I also found little purple bugs hanging around by the egg clusters. Are these new hatchlings? Or someother unrelated bug? Please somebody help!!

8/3/2003 9:40:40 PM

Menomonie, WI (mail@gr8pumpkin.net)

Take a picture please..:) Shannon.

8/3/2003 10:02:11 PM

Ctpumpkin@optonline.net

Two thirds of the way down this page:

http://www.ag.uiuc.edu/ipm/news/frveg0110.html

Let us know if these are the ones.

Steve

8/3/2003 10:21:06 PM

Buffalo,Minnesota

I have a picture posted in my diary. I just was up on the University of Kentucky web site and found out that I miss-identified the eggs. They are squash bugs, not SVB. I hope I can control them better.

8/3/2003 10:21:15 PM

Ctpumpkin@optonline.net

Sorry, Forgot the ID. Squash Bugs. The nymphs are purple.
Capture is #1 for control. Active ingredient is Bifenthrin. Also found in Talstar. Sevin isn't very effective at controlling them.

8/3/2003 10:23:55 PM

Menomonie, WI (mail@gr8pumpkin.net)

Thats what I was going to get at. That there are more insects other than SVB'S lay masses as you described.

8/3/2003 11:19:34 PM

Ga.

I have heard somewhere that squash bugs only have one cycle..Do the females die after laying eggs? Or do they live another day to lay a second and third batch of eggs again???

8/4/2003 7:17:51 AM

Ctpumpkin@optonline.net

One generation per year. Trouble is the adults don't eat in the spring after emerging from winter harborage locations. That's why conventional stomache poisons don't work. And that's why stuff like Warrior T, Asana, & Capture nwork so well. These are *NOT* water based suspensions. They're good old fasioned zylene range emulsifiable concentrates. So in their petroleum based carriers they are able to readily gain access to the insects nervous system through the holes in their exoskeleton. The exact same active ingredients are found in other common insecticide preperations. But as SC's or some of water based suspension. And these don't work as well.

Don't ever be misled that Scimitar & Battle are the exact same thing as Warrior.
Likewise that Talstar is the exact same thing as Capture.

For insects that feed prior to their most destructive lifecycle phase these water based materials are fine. But Squash Bugs are a different breed all together.

Spring applied Merit as a soil drech is a good option for non licensed folks. It will help knock down those SB's that do escape other treatments.

Steve

8/4/2003 10:06:17 AM