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Just noticed these guys, never seen them before. They like to hang around the tomatoes. Should I destroy em'?
- Francis Barnswallow
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Wish your photo was at a different angle. I had two bugs with those colors over the summer. One of them I really didn't know what it was but squashed it anyway.
The others were earlier in the season on eggplants and I am embarrassed to say that I killed ladybugs-to-be. I had posted here about them and couldn't identify them. Later, I was browsing through one of my old gardening books and realized I had destroyed a nice crop of ladybugs.
Can you get a photo of them from the top and sides?
The others were earlier in the season on eggplants and I am embarrassed to say that I killed ladybugs-to-be. I had posted here about them and couldn't identify them. Later, I was browsing through one of my old gardening books and realized I had destroyed a nice crop of ladybugs.
Can you get a photo of them from the top and sides?
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That is what I determined them to be this summer when they tried to overtake my tomato plants. I was gone for a couple days and when I got back home and went into the garden, there were literally hundreds on each tomato plant. I had to use an insecticide since picking them off was not an option.Marlingardener wrote:I think they are the nymph state of leaf-footed bugs (Leptoglossus phyllopus)which are common in Florida because they are a pest on citrus crops.
Hand-pick if the infestation is light, or apply an insecticide if it looks like they may take over.
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From what I observed, they look like they can do similar damage that a stinkbug does. Stinkbugs will pierce the tomato and suck at the fruit and the tomato develops a spot on the flesh that is yellow to orange in color and is a bit harder than the unaffected flesh.Francis Barnswallow wrote:Yeah, I've seen those adult leaf-footed bugs in the garden before. Do they eat the tomato? It seems that all they do is gather on the tomato and just relax all day.
I did kill them btw.
Once I saw how many were in the garden I decided to spray to get rid of them. I only spray when things appear to be in a dire situation.