Very nice work with the camera. I am not sure what the fly-like critter is but I saw a few of those in my peach trees this weekend. It does not look like the OFM adult pictures I looked up online. And despite spraying regularly with Triazicide (best I have ever managed to keep up a regular spray schedule despite the rain), I have now an outbreak of OFM in my peach trees. What do you do when the scheduled sprays are not working? What is the 'go-to' insectacide to combat a spray failure?

Hi ill . The Ifas site can be highly useful or a bit confusing . The photos are what help me the most . gardening - The pumpkin leaf problem is most likely a fungus - very common in the curcurbit family especially this time of year. " Some tips on disease prevention : Purchase new western-grown seeds. Plant as early as possible to avoid large aphid populations (spray if necessary). Treat for nematodes, if needed. Control powdery mildew. Do not follow cucurbit crops (i.e., cucumber, cantaloupe, watermelon, and etc) with another cucurbit. Destroy litter from previous crop and deep bury. Do not over- or under- water plants and give adequate but not excessive fertilizer. Examine plants frequently for appearance of plant disease symptoms and treat as quickly as possible. " The Diseases link below has photos . Another link is specifically for pumpkins but has no photos : http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/PG119 Does this sound like what is happening to your pumpkins ? " Downy Mildew (Pseudoperonospora cubensis) Symptoms: This disease first appears on the foliage as pale-green areas separated by islands of darker green tissues. These spots develop into angular, yellowish lesions. Older lesions become brown and necrotic. Severely affected leaves may become chlorotic, brown and shrivel. During moist periods, a grayish spore mass may be observed on the lower leaf surface on these spots. See Plant Pathology Fact Sheet PP-2. Cultural Controls: Choose resistant varieties, if available. Chemical Controls: See PPP-6 ." Here is a link that might be useful: Diseases in the Florida Vegetable Garden

I can deal with most of the bugs we have around here as they are only a minor annoyance except MOSQUITOS! They make it virtually impossible to enjoy a summer evening outdoors here. Trying to garden on a humid day is a nightmare. Standing outside talking to neighbors can get really annoying. There is no way to really get rid of them w/o using nasty pesticides or sprays that I don't really want to put on my body nor my kids! Of course, we have other bugs that can be a pain. We have occasional issues with ants, but none that are bad. This summer though, for the first time, we had them in our kitchen, which really grossed me out. Fortunately, an ant trap took care of it so it was over rather quickly. I also had pantry moths once and that was a total nightmare. Had to throw pretty much everything in my fully loaded pantry away and discovered them while making dinner so had to stop everything and immediately start binging as I was so grossed out. I had one or two minor outbreaks after that but with traps and putting everything that attracts them in airtight containers, I've had no problems since. But mosquitos....just no way to safely get rid of those unfortunately!

Photo is not good enough to ID the arthropods. If you can't see them on the plants, why do you assume they are attacking the plants and have to be killed?