The sponge gourd is an important vegetable in Taiwan. Forty species of insect pests, 3 species of spider mites and 2 species of molluscas have been recorded as the pests till June 1990. The investigation on seasonal occurrences of some major pests showed that Thrips palmi Karny appeared all year round with the higher population density in May and during October and December, Whiles Aphis gossypii Glover appeared from January to Fabruary, Tetranychus kanzawai Kishida from April to May and from October to December, Aulacophora nigripennis Motshulsky from August to September, Liriomyza bryoniae(Kalt). From August to October and Margaronia indica Saunders from September to November. All other pests such as Phytometra brachychalcea and Amsacta lactinea (Cramer) are negligible due to their low population density.