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Stink bugs
Posted on 5/20/25 at 11:33 am
Posted on 5/20/25 at 11:33 am
Any one have any advice on controlling stink bugs( brown shield bugs, squash bugs).
These things are ravaging my cucumbers. Not responding to pyrethrum Im using. I’ve tried malathion in the past with much success.
Im not opposed to chemical pesticides short of thermonuclear.
These things are ravaging my cucumbers. Not responding to pyrethrum Im using. I’ve tried malathion in the past with much success.
Im not opposed to chemical pesticides short of thermonuclear.
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Posted on 5/20/25 at 4:19 pm to sabbertooth
Cyonara works on them and most everything and is safe enough to spray on vegetables and around pets and humans.
Posted on 5/20/25 at 8:21 pm to sabbertooth
Are you sure that you are mixing the permethrin correctly?..I haven’t found much that it wouldn’t kill.
Anyway, I would probable buy some liquid Sevin. It is relatively safe and I have used it in squash bugs before.
Anyway, I would probable buy some liquid Sevin. It is relatively safe and I have used it in squash bugs before.
Posted on 5/20/25 at 9:22 pm to sabbertooth
Interesting. I go with bifenthrin at 1 oz per gallon water and usually does the trick. They LOVE dead sunflower heads so plant them as a trap crop and spray those for future reference.
Posted on 5/21/25 at 1:12 am to DIGGY
Trouble with Bifenthrin is that per the testing it as 100% fatal to bees…so any bee that lands on your sunflowers dies.
Posted on 5/21/25 at 4:38 am to DIGGY
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I go with bifenthrin at 1 oz per gallon water and usually does the trick.
That rate is for spraying in and around houses not on the food you're eating. Use 1-3 tsp per gallon water with 7.9% bifenthrin. Spray every 7 days.
Posted on 5/21/25 at 7:30 am to Crappieman
bifen is for mosquitoes ants and roaches. Never spray that shite on flowers or anywhere near any food crop
to the guy spraying his sunflowers…WTF
to the guy spraying his sunflowers…WTF
Posted on 5/21/25 at 11:47 am to Spankum
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Trouble with Bifenthrin is that per the testing it as 100% fatal to bees…so any bee that lands on your sunflowers dies.
The bad part is that the tests the EPA uses to set the standards only tests toxicity on non-native honeybees, using them as a surrogate for all native bees. That's a problem because they have no idea as to the true toxicity to native bees. Non-native Western Honeybees are insulated from the effects of insecticides, to some extent, by their social nature and existence. The hive can to a degree guard against pesticide exposure by segregating work in the hive. The overwhelming majority of our native bees are solitary nesters. They have no guard against insecticide exposure.
To top it off, we have a very shallow understanding of how all pesticides (insect, fungi, herbi) impact native bees and pollinators when they are combined in the field. Many combinations of different pesticides become many times more toxic when they are mixed. This is much more problematic in the homeowner setting than in agriculture because too many people see a "problem" and immediately go to the chemical option without understanding these potential issues.
And, speaking to sunflowers: a lot of honeybee keepers have stopped contracting their hives to sunflower farms. There is a commonly-used insecticide used by sunflower growers that is supposed to be "bee safe", yet keepers are seeing pretty significant colony die off immediately following their hive's return from sunflower pollination. Researchers are working to figure out why this is happening with a "bee safe" insecticide that has been through EPA testing and has received that label.
Posted on 5/22/25 at 8:42 am to Spankum
The key is to spray when bees are not actively foraging in late evening or early morning on calm wind days and no dew on leaves. Can easily spot spray stink bugs, squash bugs, leaf footed bugs with a handheld squirt bottle. These LOVE dead sunflower plants and concentrate in the seedhead at that time.
Posted on 5/22/25 at 8:48 am to Crappieman
General recommend rate is 0.5 to 1 oz per gallon water in gardens. Can easily mix in small squirt bottle at same ratio and easily spot spray stink bugs, squash bugs, leaf footed bugs. Cucumber beetles move a good bit more but with patience can treat them same way. Using trap crop like sunflower is great. They concentrate on seedheads of dead plants and are easy to take care of there.
Posted on 5/23/25 at 12:26 pm to sabbertooth
I use hand to hand combat but you have to do it from the start. Once they lay eggs they win.
I don't use any mulch as that is where they hide. They are very susceptible to drowning so when you water they will all head up the leaves making for an easy kill.
I have a little cordless vacuum that I use to suck them up to avoid getting the stink on me. It sounds like a lot of work but it really isn't and I find it more effective than chemicals.
I don't use any mulch as that is where they hide. They are very susceptible to drowning so when you water they will all head up the leaves making for an easy kill.
I have a little cordless vacuum that I use to suck them up to avoid getting the stink on me. It sounds like a lot of work but it really isn't and I find it more effective than chemicals.
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