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The squash vine borer (Melittia cucurbitae) is a diurnal species of sesiid moth. The moth is often mistaken for a bee or wasp because of its movements, and the bright orange hind leg scales. The females typically lay their eggs at the base of leaf stalks, and the caterpillars develop and feed inside the stalk, eventually killing the leaf.
Squash vine borers are particularly attracted to zucchini, acorn, summer, and Hubbard squash, but they aren’t as interested in cushaw and butternut squash, melons, and cucumbers.
The squash vine borer can cause squash vines to wilt and die. Here are some tips to protect plants and end infestations. Managing squash vine borer in the garden
Melittia gloriosa, the glorious squash vine borer or manroot borer, is a moth of the family Sesiidae. It is known from North America, including Arizona, California, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas. [2] The larvae feed on Cucurbita species. They develop on the tubers of the host plant
Cucurbita can be susceptible to the pest Bemisia argentifolii (silverleaf whitefly) [75] as well as aphids , cucumber beetles (Acalymma vittatum and Diabrotica undecimpunctata howardi), squash bug (Anasa tristis), the squash vine borer (Melittia cucurbitae), and the two-spotted spidermite (Tetranychus urticae). [76]
A female squash bug lays bronze-colored oval eggs on the underside of the leaves of the squash family plants. Each squash bug female can lay as many as 18 eggs near the main vein on the leaf where ...
Cucurbita pepo is a cultivated plant of the genus Cucurbita.It yields varieties of winter squash and pumpkin, but the most widespread varieties belong to the subspecies Cucurbita pepo subsp. pepo, called summer squash.
It includes cultivars known in English as squash or pumpkin. Cultivars of C. moschata are generally more tolerant of hot, humid weather than squash of other domesticated species. C. moschata also exhibit a greater resistance to certain disease and insects, notably including to the squash vine borer.