Although we love the natural world, we don't really love it when it starts attacking our veggies just as they begin to thrive. There is nothing as disappointing as going out to check your crops in the ...

A few weeks ago a friend on Facebook posted a picture of a squash bug or Anasa tritis. Seems he was scouting his garden and found the insects on his squash plants. Squash bug has a snout it inserts in ...

If you've noticed brown or gray insects with large, flat bodies scrambling over your precious zucchini, pumpkins, or squash, you may be dealing with a squash bug problem. These pests feed on most ...

Gardeners can avoid common pests by planting squash, pumpkin and cucumber later in the season, around early July. Late-season planting benefits from warmer soil, which accelerates growth, and higher ...

Squash bugs are one of the most destructive insect pests in the garden. They can do serious damage to all plants in the cucurbit family, which includes winter squash such as acorn and butternut, ...

Nicole Taylor stopped dead in her tracks. Her zucchini and summer squash plants that were lush and growing a week ago in her community garden plot were now wilted and dying. “What happened? They were ...