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season: early-summer
section: what is crawling
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- mosquitoes at dawn and dusk. standing water is where they breed. dump it.
- squash vine borers, the worst of them. wrap the stems in foil or lose the plant.
- cucumber beetles, yellow and black, spreading wilt. pick them off early.
- praying mantis hunting in the tall plants. do not touch. just watch.
- honeybees heavy with pollen, slow and gentle. they will not bother you.
- braconid wasps, tiny, laying eggs on hornworms. if you see white cocoons on a caterpillar, leave it. the wasps are winning.