Help :( ..Everything was going great..grrrr...Is this what I think It is?

[Ivy123]

I am so sorry I dont have pics ( so much spent on gardening crap lo) Ill try to get someone over to take a pic later on)

I took my evening stroll thru my container gardener ( bout 22 of them)..I was bragging, everything looked so picture perfect, not one yellow leaf etc....except a few smooth pin head sized bite marks on the new leaves of a couple of my pepper plants.

Then i happen to notice about a 2' split/splayed open , in the stem of my yellow crook neck squash..It did not have 'frass' a tell tell sign of the bug... I also didn't see any swelling of the stem ( were the larva would live..
Feeling a little more confident, I went back out to examine the leaves.. On two of the bottom leaves were larva/nits whatever you wanna callem grrrrr....Having lil experience,,I had no idea if they were aphids , babys of the squash host or what..I detached the infested leaves..I read that you could dig the worm out or go up and punture the stem with a needle...As proud looking as it was yesterday, today its showing slight wilt.. ...I only planted one squash/not to be repeated lol
Ive quarantined the squash..

Q's> is it too far gone or a loosing battle to save this huge gorgeous plant?.Is it too late to plant another( in fresh soil)...are there any other varietys that are resistant to bore worm -besides spaghetti squash.. ugh lo

I really appreciate any help, and look> my talkativeness was kept it to a minimum of verbiage overspill loll
P.S. I really found this link very helpful in battling insects/with pics.. Natural Insect Control

[fortyonenorth]

It seems a bit early for vine borers. Once the SVB moths emerge, they need to mate, lay eggs, the eggs need to hatch, the vines become infested and so forth. From moth emergence to wilting vine takes a few weeks, I believe. Here in NW Indiana, we usually don't see the moths until late June/early July. My guess is that you have a different culprit, but I'm not an expert.

[Ivy123]

ahhh ty ty fortyone ( and is unseasonably cool today too boot) and looked at everything under a microscope....Stem split looks about the same... The larva still looks like an oval pin head size/ milky opagu-ish white....But i did see leggs and in the back I seen two black protrusions, much like legs, anntenna maybe.


.Just good to know it's prolly too early for da bore bug.....I can treat with Neem oil, insecticidal soap, Seven or my pepper/garlic/onion soap concoction lol.....Tanks FortyOne