Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 219, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 September 1914 — The Squash Bug. [ARTICLE]

The Squash Bug.

The squash bug, although confining its attacks largely to the squash and other plants of the gourd family, Is often very injurious to cucumber in early spring, when, emerging from its winter quarters. It finds its way into the cold frames in which the plants are being started, when no other food plant is available.