Squash Bugs and their Eggs

I noticed squash bugs on our pumpkins and yellow squash this week. They appear to be mating and laying eggs. Word on the web is that these critters are hard to battle.

The squash bugs really did a number - especially late season - on our squash and pumpkins last year.

I read that beneficial nematodes could help, so this year we got a can of them and spread them around with dirt, mulch and water hoping that they'd do the trick. So far, not.

This week they seem to be mating and laying eggs, so we're going with the thought that we can slow them down by catching them and sending them down the toilet. We're also peeling their eggs off of the leaves. Last night we got about 20 of the critters. Tonight the count was 7.

Here's what they look like (notice the eggs in the top right on a leaf):