What's up everyone? Welcome back to the show. So a quick update. I just got word from

Sam and Mark from Vinder and they were going to be on the podcast for the next three

days, but what happened is their app actually got delayed in the app store and so

we're going to postpone the rest of their episodes until later on in July

so I'm coming to you with just some questions and some questions and answers, the classic

epic gardening podcast, and today we're going to be talking about the squash vine borer.

So it's not too common if you're on the west coast of the United States,

but for a lot of other areas of the United States and even the world,

it can be a common pest, and it's a really interesting pest,

because what happens is the larva will actually burrow into the vines of zucchini or squash plants and then kill off the plant.

So obviously we don't want that to happen.

These are some plants that we put a lot of time and effort into.

Let's figure out how we can get rid of them,

prevent them, and if we have them,

let's see how we can control them in an organic method.

Okay, first of all, we need to know what they are.

The squash vine borer is typically going to be referred to as the larva

of the Clearwing moth. Now Now the moth itself doesn't really harm the plant, but like

many of these pests we talk about, the larva does. It burrows straight into the stem because squash and zucchini stems can be quite thick and it will

devour the soft tissues inside which will cause wilting. Eventually it's going to kill your plants.

Now as always with a pest guide on the epic gardening

podcast we like to talk about the life cycle of the pest because understanding

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