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This bug has been reportedly found in the following regions:
Glendale, Arizona Sonoita, Arizona Osprey, Florida Summerfield, Florida Tupelo, Mississippi Doe Run, Missouri Las Vegas, Nevada Albuquerque, New Mexico Salt Point, New York Mount Orab, Ohio Garland, Texas Katy, Texas Quinlan, Texas Louisa, Virginia
On Feb 8, 2009, DMgardener from Mount Orab, OH (Zone 6b) wrote:
EWW! YUCK! BAD! This and the Japanese Beetle are the only bugs I have a problem with and this one is BAAADD. The only thing they will eat is winter and summer squashes. The plants grow well untill late July when they wilt and the leaves are pulled back to uncover a large colony of these bugs and the only inexpensive and non-chemical way to get rid of them is to pick them off by hand. When I pick the creature off and up, they fall apart in to a YUCKY, DIGUSTING, DEPLORABLE MESS!!! So the plants all die and I never am able to get a large crop of Winter Squash because the plants die long before the fruits mature.
