RE: vine borrers

I posted a pic on bigpumpkins last year of two eggs on a tendril stem:
http://www.bigpumpkins.com/displayphoto.asp?pid=466&gid=-11179
 
Last year I grew over my lawn and the main advantage(?) was that I could lay on a big piece of cardboard on the ground between plants every other day and inspect the plants for eggs. I found them in many different places, including vine, tendrils, leaf stalk, underside of leaf where veins join leaf stalk, end of vine, etc. Most common for me were leaf stalks and main vine, and where stalk joined main vine. Last year I had almost no bugs except this female moth that I never saw, even when getting up at 5 or 6 to try to catch one resting on a leaf but never to be found. No squash bugs, one 12 spotted cuke beetle, that's about it. Two or three years ago, I swatted one down, got the hose & sprayed the hell out of it to drown it in the grass, ran inside for an empty jar to catch it in, came out about 90 seconds later with an empty instant coffee jar, and it was GONE.
 
Mark
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-pumpkins@hort.net [mailto:owner-pumpkins@hort.net]On Behalf Of Bernie Loewenthal
Sent: Wednesday, March 13, 2002 9:11 AM
To: pumpkins@hort.net
Subject: Re: vine borrers

The squash vine borer moth lays its eggs on the stems and vines, not on the leaves. From there they bore into either the stem or vine and begin their damage. The importance of this is that if you spray an insecticide you want to be sure to cover the stems & vines thoroughly, and not worry about the leaves (for this particular insect). There are some excellent articles on this subject authored by Hugh Wiberg, Wayne Hackney and Len Stellpflugg. The articles can be found on BP.com.
Bernie Loewenthal
 
 
 
----- Original Message -----
From: "Smithhisler, Paul" <Paul.Smithhisler@dnr.state.oh.us>
To: <pumpkins@hort.net>
Sent: Wednesday, March 13, 2002 8:07 AM
Subject: RE: vine borrers

> Probably not.  The vine borer moth lays eggs on the leaves and the larvae
> bore in from there.  They usually do not go in through the stump.  Something
> else that you did controlled the vine borer or you just had extreme luck.
>
> -Gus
>
>  -----Original Message-----
> From: MDUDLEY680@aol.com [mailto:MDUDLEY680@aol.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2002 9:17 PM
> To: pumpkins@hort.net
> Subject: Re: vine borrers
>
> I covered my stump and never had any borers, but I don't know if that was
> the
> reason.
>
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