What's in my squash???

sistabelle on 7/18/2011, 2:11 pm

EWWWWWW!!!
I pulled out my beautiful squash plants because they had been hit by squash borers. I opened them up and they were not the fat whitish wormy things! there was a BUNCH of dark brown centipede looking critters! So far I haven't found anything on google. any ideas???

**camprn** on 7/18/2011, 4:26 pm

Photo please. What a Face

sistabelle on 7/18/2011, 5:28 pm

oh MAN ! I squished all I could find! Going hunting for ones I missed.

sistabelle on 7/18/2011, 10:10 pm

after hours of searching, I found a post about MILLIPEDEs eating squash vines and squash vine roots. It says that millipedes eat organic matter. I know they are millipedes because I found the pics and these bugs looked just like em. MAybe the borer was already there and then the millipedes came in through the holes???

**camprn** on 7/18/2011, 10:33 pm

ACK! I'm glad to know you at least figured out what you saw. Sorry about your squashes. Sad

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