SQUASH BUGS & VINE BORERS Squash bug (Anasa tristis Hemiptera: Coreidae) is the most serious pest of squash and pumpkins in the U.S. and is a potential problem for all cucurbits. Squash bugs ...

Males produce an aggregation pheromone, and adults are also attracted by cucurbitacins (which act as feeding stimulants and defenses once ingested) and by the color yellow. Squash bugs overwinter as ...

Their feeding can be problematic and can cause plant decline, fruit quality issues and they also vector a bacterial disease ...