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JohnCrichton75 wrote:
I am in the midst of a second wave of SVB attacks. They infected several of my plants around late April/ early May and I lost some of them. Others are still hanging on, including this zucchini, despite obvious SVB damage at the base of the plant.

I had not detected any more SVB eggs in the last few weeks until today...there were loads of them on this plant, maybe 30. I even saw a moth flying around my yard around 10:30am this morning but failed to kill it. I don't understand why there was an intermittent period of SVB inactivity, but thankfully, some plants are still producing. This one is about 3' tall, 3' wide.