I tried just about everything. BT injections. aluminum foil, and the best solution I found was just picking off the vine borer eggs by hand every other day.
Year before last the Stink Bugs got so bad they were doing a lot of damage to everything in the garden. Tomatoes, peppers, melons. The squash bugs are drawn to the squash so I thought by eliminating the squash maybe the stink bug population would decline.
Last year there were hardly any stink bugs. Maybe it was just a coincidence. Maybe not. My conclusion is that squash just isn't worth it. I grow early long purple eggplant and it is a good substitute in a stir fry. Not as good but for all the trouble the squash presents it works fine
Although stinkbugs and squash bugs are not the same they are similar and omit a similar odor when crushed so maybe squash bugs can enhance the stinkbug problem.