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Old 18-09-2016, 11:51 AM posted to rec.gardens.edible
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Default squash bugs tip i ran across

On 09/17/2016 03:09 PM, songbird wrote:
Any idea why the suggestion of "yellow"?


i would guess it might be the color of a
squash or something they like, do you ever
see them in the flowers? i really never
look at the plants that often or see the
bugs to notice. just bees around them and
the flowers.


songbird


Hi Songbird,

Earwigs come out at night. And they do like yellow flowers.
Although I don't know what colors any bug can see in the dark.

Little Squash bugs like under the leaves and underneath the
fruit. They don't seem to bite the fruit. The big ones like
down by the stalk of the plant.

The reason why I asked about the yellow is that flies and certain
other bugs can not see red or yellow. (Bees sure can!) This
is why the yellow "bug lights". Red would work even better, but
the neighbors might misinterpret its meaning and cause a
scandal.

Death to squash bugs; death to earwigs!
-T