Hi,
I am just wondering what insect this is, since I see this kind of insect in my garden sometimes.
In this picture, they are on poison berries (berry size is a bit smaller than an M&M candy). I'd say each insect is about 3 times bigger than an Ant. They barely move or run away when I poke at them.
https://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f24/weapons_hot/whatinsect.jpg
(BTW, I live in Houston, TX.)
Thanks.
-Alex
P.S.
I've been searching google randomly to see if anything matches. I found someone else's picture which I'm pretty sure is the the same kind insect (his is more red, but I can confirm that these insects can get orangy-red.)
https://www.malpaisbeach.com/images/Giant%20Aphid%20(8mm).jpg
The problem is that this guy also has no idea what the insect is. He says they look like aphids but due to the huge size he's not sure.
I'm now even more curious. lol. and all these pictures of insects are making me want to take a shower.
Hi Lorax,
Thanks for telling me the name. I googled the rest and confirmed the match. I sometimes see the adults around. The adults have a very distinct appearance, and I refer to them as "stink bugs."
So these are "baby stink bugs" eh? It's not intuitive since they don't have any of the the distinct features of the adults. They look more like overgrown aphids. Maybe the 2 are related.
Thanks again,
--Alex
Thanks for telling me the name. I googled the rest and confirmed the match. I sometimes see the adults around. The adults have a very distinct appearance, and I refer to them as "stink bugs."
So these are "baby stink bugs" eh? It's not intuitive since they don't have any of the the distinct features of the adults. They look more like overgrown aphids. Maybe the 2 are related.
Thanks again,
--Alex
I had some of these on a few of my tomato plants and okra plants this past summer. One of them was kind enough to ram that long probe off the front end into my forearm and it felt a bit like a fire ant bite.
I've had problems with stink bugs and tomato plants. They probe tiny holes in the tomatoes and effectively ruin the tomato as they ripen and the area that was probed starts to either rot of turns yellow and a bit on the hard side.
Summer gardening in New Orleans brings on many challenges with pests. I've learned to work around a wasp nest or two----once they let me know where they are by stinging me----so they can work their magic on pests attacking my plants.
Right now my basil is loaded with flowers and the honeybees are thick as thieves on it. I wish I knew where that hive was.
I've had problems with stink bugs and tomato plants. They probe tiny holes in the tomatoes and effectively ruin the tomato as they ripen and the area that was probed starts to either rot of turns yellow and a bit on the hard side.
Summer gardening in New Orleans brings on many challenges with pests. I've learned to work around a wasp nest or two----once they let me know where they are by stinging me----so they can work their magic on pests attacking my plants.
Right now my basil is loaded with flowers and the honeybees are thick as thieves on it. I wish I knew where that hive was.