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31-07-2003, 03:03 AM

(Jack1000) wrote:

I went back down to my plants to get a closer look at my problem and to get a
sample of the bugs to bring to a garden center. I then found a diferent bug. At
the base of the plants there seemed to be some rotting or damage to the stem.
While rooting around in the stem I found a grub about 1/2" long with a black
face. I took the bugs in a zip lock to be identified and they told me not to
worry about the centipeds. They told me the grub on the other hand was a stem
borer and I would have to try to get rid of them by taking a thin wire and
following the insects trail into the plant and trying to scure the little
*******s to kill them.

Ayup. Squash Vine Borers, my sworn mortal enemies.
Between the squash bugs, vine borers, and the cucumber beetles, I've given up
feeding them this year.

Dave.