Yes, I know. THat was one of the points I was trying to make.
A borer in my a plant stalk.
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brogro
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Long Island NY
thumper60
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Squash stem borers check the plants real close the rain might have washed off the saw dust on the entry hole making them hard to see.
Drop That Sound
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Oh heck no. I probably wouldn't even wait around for whatever pesticides to work. I would inject that hole full of super glue or something, and entomb the little sucker for good.. Tunnel borers? 
I've only ever experienced finding a bug tunneling its way up a branch like that once, but it didn't even leave a hole? Perplexed me. I thought it was some kind of mutant fungus gnat larva or something. Thought I had root rot affecting only that branch, in DWC hydro too.. Do we have stem boring bugs way up north west too?
I've only ever experienced finding a bug tunneling its way up a branch like that once, but it didn't even leave a hole? Perplexed me. I thought it was some kind of mutant fungus gnat larva or something. Thought I had root rot affecting only that branch, in DWC hydro too.. Do we have stem boring bugs way up north west too?
Budzbuddha
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Just eat it … done 
outside Dixie
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If you was down south i would tell you it is Termites that is just what they do eat up tap root come out in the stalk.Then plant Die's Dixie
Unga Bunga
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Wait until the first time you see one of those ugly little bastards poke it's head out...
Unga Bunga
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I'm pretty sure this is what we have in CT . It's all part of the outdoor growing game . I've never seen it actually kill a plant but their poop is a rot magnet .
bugguide.net
Species Papaipema nebris - Stalk Borer - Hodges#9496
An online resource devoted to North American insects, spiders and their kin, offering identification, images, and information.
brogro
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Thanks for that link that looks to be the bug.I'm pretty sure this is what we have in CT . It's all part of the outdoor growing game . I've never seen it actually kill a plant but their poop is a rot magnet .
Species Papaipema nebris - Stalk Borer - Hodges#9496
An online resource devoted to North American insects, spiders and their kin, offering identification, images, and information.
Drop That Sound
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Looks just like the little moths that hatched from my kids mexican jumping beans after like 6-7 months..
Sir Napsalot
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I might shove a guitar string in the hole and try to spear the fucker
brogro
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I like that idea!
Budzbuddha
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Pee on it
Thats what I do!