rosiegirl
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What is this bug on my tomatoes?!

I just went to water my tomatoes and found two of these bugs. What are they? Should I be worried?
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They were pretty tiny right? I'm reasonably certain those are syrphid/hover fly larvae -- working members of your Garden Patrol :-()

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they were definitely tiny. green with brown along the top.

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JUst posted a photo from a university entomology site in that thread. Take a look and compare. :wink:



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