Squash bugs

[watercarving]

I hate them, I hate them, I hate them. How do I get rid of squash bugs?

Squash bugs and garbanzo bean flour.

[AllenF]

In the past I have used oils and sevin and left the alone.   I really don't know what the best answer is.   When you do spray, do it right at dark so the bees will not get into it.   Sevin does work some if you can get it on the plants for a few days before the summer rains wash it off.     

[AllenF]

And it is suppose to rain all this week also.

[Rurification]

I pick them by hand.   Every day I go out and look under the leaves for egg clusters.    When I find a cluster I pinch the whole cluster out of the leaf.  Over the season the leaves can get pretty holey, but it's a very effective control.   

The adults like to be under dead leaves or other things lying on the ground, so a board under the plants works to 'collect' them.   Check it every day and kill them.   

That's the only effective way of getting rid of the blasted things that I've found.   I really hate those buggers.

[winginit]

I hate them, I hate them, I hate them. How do I get rid of squash bugs?

Ditto.

Last year I saw some eggs on the leaf of a squash plant, didn't know what they were. Thought it was cool. So not cool. This year I moved my garden and I'm looking for those buggers.

[bash70]

I just posted on this too... wrong place.  I'm glad I found this post. I started rotating my garden because of them.  That helps some.   I've tried dawn soap and water in a spray bottle, kills the little ones almost immediately.  It makes the adults crawl up the plant (or off) where you can see and pick them,  I haven't had any success with dusting.  Still they're getting ahead of me.