Pickle worms.

Pickle worms.  Yuck!

They got into my squash.  Before I knew quite what they were I ended up uprooting all my zucchini and dumping it in the compost.

Then they went after my cantaloupe.  Now we are at war!
I found out if you raise the fruit off the ground on a coffee can or such (I use old disposable bowls) the pickle worms should leave them alone.  For the most part that works.  I also spray them with soapy water.  Double whammy!

Tossing around a lot of ideas for next year, and realizing I'm going to have to invest in chicken wire if I'm going to have much of a harvest - pesky coons!