Beginner Gardening: Do squash borers stick around?, 1 by catmad

catmad wrote:
They are "vigorous, aren't they?" I swear my one vine giving the kudzu a run for their money, and could be winning! Good thing the trellis is pretty empty:)

Question, tho, I was wondering how mine got pollinated, with no male blossoms open, and no other squash of the proper kind (Moscata or some such?). I'm wondering of it DID get pollinated, here's how it looked when I took it in for dinner. The seed seemed completely undeveloped.

Not that I'm complaining, but I thought unpollinated squash didn't grow, and shriveled up and died.