Title: Insects: Squash Vine Borer
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Insects: Squash Vine Borer

Publish Date: January 16 2018 |    Pub Number: SP503A |    Language: English

Publish Date: January 16 2018

Pub Number: SP503A

Language: English

Author(s): Frank Allen Hale
Category: Insects & Pests
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Abstract

Squash vine borers attack squash, pumpkin, and gourds using chewing mouthparts. They feed on stems, causing damage and weakening plants. Infected vines decay, releasing a wet, curdled, greenish yellow exudate.