Squash bugs (Anasa tristis) are infamous plant pests with an insatiable taste for cucurbit vegetables, including summer and winter squash, pumpkins, melons, gourds, zucchini, and cucumbers.

Squash bugs are sap-sucking zucchini pests that ... Aphids can show themselves through yellow leaves or you may see lots of ants on zucchini plants, as they are attracted to the honeydew produced ...

then lay eggs at the base of plants, under the soil. Larvae feed on roots (but cause little damage) and pupate in the soil. Males produce an aggregation pheromone, and adults are also attracted by ...