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Home > Sucking Insects > Squash Bug

Squash Bug

Description

  • adults are brownish gray to dark gray bugs
  • about 5/8 inch long
  • nymphs have a green abdomen with crimson head, thorax, legs and antennae
  • later become grayish-white with nearly black legs and antennae
  • well camouflaged

Damage

  • attacked plant stems often are enlarged but later wither and die
  • can become numerous on squash and pumpkins

 

 

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