What Insects Eat Zucchini

According to the Missouri Botanical Garden, the three insect pests that most commonly attack summer squash plants are squash bugs, squash vine borers and the striped cucumber beetle. If you see large, flat-looking bugs eating zucchini leaves in your garden, they are probably squash bugs, which feed on the foliage.

What insect is eating my zucchini?

According to the Missouri Botanical Garden, the three insect pests that most commonly attack summer squash plants are squash bugs, squash vine borers and the striped cucumber beetle. If you see large, flat-looking bugs eating zucchini leaves in your garden, they are probably squash bugs, which feed on the foliage.

What is eating my zucchini at night?

Cutworms Cutworms are the larvae of a variety of different species of miller moths and they are active at night. While the presence of the adults in your garden is no big deal, the cutworm larvae can chew through the stems of plants and kill them.