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Can someone help me out and tell me the best spray or product for killing squash bugs without killing bees? I just spotted an adult squash bug in the patch, first one of the year YIKES!!

6/16/2012 2:40:21 PM

Pataskala,OH

spray in the evening when flowers are not open.

6/16/2012 2:51:51 PM

Colorado

Squash bugs are much tougher to kill than bees . You have to use a synthetic pyrethrin.Talstar and cyanara,warrior 2

6/16/2012 2:55:49 PM

Spray what?

6/16/2012 2:56:04 PM

Is Talstar a spray?

6/16/2012 2:56:42 PM

Sourthern Utah

i have read that ortho bug b gone works on sq bugs,, that said.. we use bifenthrin/talstar drench and spray,, and also imidaclorpid/merit drench and spray.. alternating every 2 weeks,, as they are systemic which goes into the roots,, also a permithrin spray fer contact,, war is raised upon sq bugs here ,, as they killed the wifes entire patch last season,,

6/16/2012 3:27:59 PM

Alex, IN

Ortho Bug b Gone is bifenthrin, works very well on squash bugs and pretty much any insect. To keep bees safe you just have to be mindful when you spray, bees will mainly only enter the open blossoms in the morning so evening applications should keep bees from coming into contact with the product.

6/16/2012 4:27:33 PM

Webster, NY

Is Bug b Gone a systemic? If so, does it matter when you spray. Won't it affect the bee's anyway?

6/16/2012 6:43:52 PM

Alex, IN

Bifenthrin is not a systemic product, contact only. Merit (Imidicloprid), is a systemic insect control and can cause harm to bees.

6/16/2012 10:26:44 PM

East Jordan, MI

If you cut the flowers off of the plant before they bloom the bees wont be affected by a systemic and you wont attract as many of the nasty pests that we are trying to keep out. And if you don't spray in the morning, you won't hit any unsuspecting bees with a spray.

Garlic sprays will help repel most bugs.

You can smash the eggs of squash bugs with your fingers(laid in clusters under the leaves). You can also lay a board in the patch and in the morning the squash bugs will be hiding under it, be ready with contact spray or your foot.

Contact sprays work if you get it on the bug, read the lables for what bugs an insecticide works for. Systemics like Imidacloprid get inside the plant and kill whatever takes a bite out of it. Use a combination of both to protect your plants to the fullest.

6/17/2012 3:43:35 AM