Does it work well to control squash vine bores?

I have used neem oil this past summer. It is a specialized vegetable oil insecticide. It works best on larvae and soft body insects. It suffocates them, kills their appetite for food, and stops the mother bugs from having babies anymore! It is not too good on hard body bugs like Japanese beetles. It will normally stay on the plant and soil for about 3 days.

It should work on squash vine bores. However, what is better for them is my own homemade recipe:

Crushed fresh garlic, hot cayenne pepper powder,
canola vegetable oil, plus water and a few drops
of dishwater soap or Murphy Soap Oil.
Let this brew sit for about a few hours or 1 day,
put in a watering pail, and soak the soil around the plants, or around the infected areas of the plant.

Hope this helps.

The probelem with SVB is the bore inside the plant so NO topical pesticide will work on them.

I have not tried neem for them but I don't believe it would be all that effective unless it repels the moths that lay the eggs.

This year we will be trying kaolin on our squash plants in hopes the white coloring will fool the adult moths into thinking there are no plants and so will not lay their eggs on our squashes.

What we have done in the past is started squashes inside under lights and than put them out early (4 to 6 weeks early) under row covers. The squash plants were in full fruit by the time the SVB became a problem so while we ended up losing the squash plants we got a harvest from them. With zukes we do the early planting and also do several plantings during the SVB season and keep on planting until the first of september. This method guarentees some zukes no matter what.

The garlic repellant would probably work pretty well on keeping the adult moths away from the plants.

Adult moths lay eggs from late June to early August. Covering with a super-fine light insect barrier during this time will significantly reduce borer damage. (Pull back cover to allow for pollination. I live in Michigan. this method works here in the midwest, don't know about anywhere else.

Thanks for the recipe, but could you please give me proportions? I'm strictly a cookbook person.
Thanks.
Joyfeldman1