The biggest predators of them will be other insects. And I’d guess that there is more predation elsewhere in their life cycle than as stinky adults.
Jonathan Lundgren is where most of my bug info comes from. (What I remember anyways lol)
One of his speaking event videos talks about an experiment where they trap bugs and then test the bugs stomach contents to see what they were eating.
And one where they trap bugs and then bring in the predator bugs and give them different “yucky” pest bugs to eat. They found that some pest bugs have defenses that we never knew about. One of them was something in the pest bug would be so nasty that most predator bugs would just really go “oh my god!! 
dang that is the nastiest!!” But a few of the predator bugs would wait it out and then still eat it anyways. Really fascinating!
Totally anecdotal, but I’ve never seen a squash bug nymph on a plant with ants. I think the nymphs do have predators that the adults do not have. It would be interesting to see if predator bugs would go after the nymphs. Probably not ladybugs, but maybe preying mantis?
I will report on any observations. I’ve never seen mantis in my garden.
A few watermelon have been found under the blackberries. WIth the temporary reprieve in heat dropping from above the 100s into the high 90s there is some sign of the watermelon vine trying to grow further and flowers are out again. That said more than half are already crispy toast. From the past month of endless heat.
The GTS Reckeless Pepo are all crispy toast. What happened to the squash bug larvae? They have all migrated and piled onto a single watermelon they found desperately trying to suck out juices from the rind to survive. They also are laying eggs everywhere in desperation, on old wooden frames, brick work, etc. They are rather relentless in the garden.
I put the three now orange and wrinkled pepo fruits aside to open for seeds inspection later.
GTS Sweet Corn Mix
Represented are those pollen and tassels that still performed even in the extreme heat. Next season I plan on observing any plants grown from this seed have a greater seed set. If so I am on my way to an extreme heat tolerant corn seed mix.
Are you trying to remove the squash bug larvae from that watermelon, or just watching to see what happens to it? I’ve heard you can remove them with duct tape, which is quick and efficient and requires no poisons.
Not really. Everyone is tired of watermelon so no one eats them but me at this stage in the grow. I just removed the watermelon and the clinging bugs and tossed them into the trash bin.
Has anyone noticed an unpleasant vomit-like smell when breaking a pumpkin stem?
What I’ve read could either be curcurbitacin compounds being released, overripe pumpkin, or generally not recommended for consumption. But it’s read not first hand. First hand I’ve had overripe watermelons smell that way or at least smell one heck of a putrid smell when those fruits get first opened.
Serindipity.
I had one time planted a bunch of sweet potatoes and Chinese yams and African yams and just about everything root I could find in the Asian and African markets around here.
Today I was cleaning up the blackberries as the weather is now cool enough to do strenuous clean up without breaking a sweat.
I found one of the sweet potatoes. 
Nothing really to do. No real digging. I just pulled on the dying stems and most of these pulled out with no digging. No real issues with gumbo sticky clay or real big cleanup needed.
One is the size of a basketball 
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I did not eat any. Instead I relocated them elsewhere in the garden creating ten new mounds. Let’s see if these also overwinter like the parent did and grow on their own next year and make ten new mounds of sweet potatoes next year. The can compete with all the moschatas I plan on planting out in the garden next spring.
Grown with 100% sheer utter neglect. Zero water, zero sprays, zero attention at all.
Personally, I would eat one just to make sure I like the taste and really want to grow a bunch more next year. But otherwise, I’d do exactly as you did!
Serendipity.
This is the second year the Moringa Trees have grown, but the first year they grew up from rootstock instead of from seed.
I didn’t think they would set seed but lo’ one single tree set one single branch of two pods.
I don’t know if they will mature in time but I hope so. If I can get seeds, I can replant and hopefully start developing earlier and earlier pod setting moringa trees for colder winter climates as the trees die back in the winter.
Nice! That’s exactly what I’m hoping to accomplish with that species, too!
Unfortunately no mature seeds that season were found in the pods. But the regrowth is good if you consider young plants get harvested, you have a perennial new shoots each season tree planting.