Dealing with leaf eaters

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Dealing with leaf eaters

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My squash sprouts are behind devastated by ウリハムシ (cucurbid beetle?).

They look like an elongated ladybug with no spots and a washed out color. I’ve felt with small numbers in the past with the “smooshing” method but the numbers are overwhelming. As I am trying to get 3-4 of them, 8-10 fly away and come back when I’ve moved on.

Does anyone have any advice for dealing with them in a non toxic manner which doesn’t require me to be standing out in the middle of the field chasing after small insects all day?

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These little devils ?

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Those are the ones. “We HATES them!”
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I tried sprinkling ash from the brush burn pile (as per one website’s recommendation) with questionable results. I also may try spraying with homemade mokusakueki 木酢液I collected in a bucket from the outside elbow in my stovepipe. Some of the wood we’ve been burning ha been less than ideally dry....

Im not giving the plants the attention I think they need as I’m in a hurry to get a lot done on our house before the rainy season gets here. Also learning the painful way why you never see tall concrete contractor.

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These jerks have gone crazy on my zucchini, cucumber and squash seedlings. I don't have any advice to add, just wanted to commiserate. And now I know the actual name of this fiendish enemy, so thanks for that! Seems like a few of the leaves had a growth spurt and the plants are doing better overall, but the zucchinis may have a hard time recovering as they've been almost completely chowed.

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