bugs and eggs on snow peas

[wsmoak]

So... what's the appropriate way to deal with these little grayish flat bugs that lay eggs on my plants? I spent an hour scrubbing snow peas by hand this morning!

These are the same things that got in the collards, and I'm afraid I did not do a good fall cleanup last year so I've probably overwintered a giant population of them.

After a quick search... I think they are squash bugs. This seems to match: http://www.vegedge.umn.edu/vegpest/cucs/squabug.htm

I'm not opposed to a little chemical intervention, but it's hard to actually *get* them because they're on the undersides of the leaves.

-Wendy

 

[vfem]

Weird the squash bugs are out in mass so early and on peas?!

Usually I spray the heck out of them with a mix of water, garlic and dawn soap. However, hand squishing works best!

 

[so lucky]

Wondering if they are stink bugs, which your article says are sometimes confused with squash bugs, but stink bugs like peas. Regardless, they are a problem. If they hide under a board at night, perhaps you could attack them first thing in the morning with some Sevin. Wake 'em up with a treat!