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- A “baby” squash bug.
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- It was on the back of my hand.
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- Squash bugs hatch from eggs, usually laid on the underside of leaves.
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- They feed by sticking their mouth-part (tucked beneath the body in all of these images) to suck juices from squash plants.
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- The long legs of the immature bugs give them a comical (or I suppose nightmarish) appearance.
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- Here’s one that’s a bit older and plumper.
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- Eventually this is what they turn into – big squash bugs, ready to fly to a squash plant near you!
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- If you have squash plants, be on the lookout these freeloaders and their eggs. Or invite them over once you realize you planted way too many zucchini.
*No squash bugs were harmed in the making of this blog post.
**This blog post has been made.
I might be less likely to squash the next one I see….
The little ones are kind of cute, for bugs.
Hahahaha! I won’t have a problem squishing a squash bug at all! And tucking their long sucking mouth part beneath them is interesting, for sure! 🙂 Out of the way, I guess, while they go about their business!
Maybe they need those long legs so their mouth parts don’t hit the ground when they fold up.
All I have to say is they are ugly and pests!! But impressed with your macro photos on the babies and eggs!! I enjoy reading what you write also!