I was out in the garden early this morning and found these little buggers in the zuchini plants. Can you help me determine if they are good or bad? This was with my bad cell phone camera so sorry for the poor quality/blurriness.
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- rainbowgardener
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Ok, thanks for help iding these. I did a bunch of googling and have concluded that my main threats are the squashbug and SVB. I did some reading online and think that "Bacillus thuringiensis var. kurstaki." will kill the SVB and that a dish soap solution will take care of the squash bug does this sound like a good plan of action?
Inject the BT var. kurstaki into the stems of the squash to kill the SVBs. It may work. Do it VERY SOON; these devils do fast work.
The soap spray for the aphids will need to be applied more than once, prob. 5 to 7 days apart at least three times. (One of the photos appeared to me to be aphids; I may be wrong b/c the photos are blurry.)
I'll let others with more experience w/other bugs respond re those other bugs.
Cynthia H.
Sunset Zone 17, USDA Zone 9
The soap spray for the aphids will need to be applied more than once, prob. 5 to 7 days apart at least three times. (One of the photos appeared to me to be aphids; I may be wrong b/c the photos are blurry.)
I'll let others with more experience w/other bugs respond re those other bugs.
Cynthia H.
Sunset Zone 17, USDA Zone 9