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Squash Bug Damage Causes Bumpy Skin on Young Fruit

Q: Immature squash have knobby skin—old age or pest?

A: Squash bug damage. Related to stink bugs, they pierce young fruit causing bumps. Control: acetamiprid, cyfluthrin, or organic garden insecticides. See Squash Bug Identification and Squash Bug.

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