What are these?!!!

S.S.Tupperware · Sep 23, 2011

Lookin over the patch and noticed this, i know the love bugs are doin IT and have seen eggs, so I am assuming these are youngins? I know I killed stuff and later found out it was beneficial. Lots of bugs here in Fl.

Hide the young ones... this is not for their eyes.

On a side not my Datils look the same.... beats the hell outta me, There a local favorite on the E. Coast, so when I was headin to the condo in NSB I stopped by the garden center, and picked yp some starts. They have looked like this since April, damn near Albino, but the others in a 4x8 bed are great.

Any ideas?

Justaguy · Sep 23, 2011

That first pic kind of looks like stink bugs

jbarnes5 · Sep 23, 2011

Justaguy said:
That first pic kind of looks like stink bugs

I second that, stink bugs. As far as getting rid of the rest there are a lot of 'organic' pesticides you can use that won't harm your plant or taint it.

nitwit · Sep 23, 2011

imho looks like you got some molybdenum or magnesium deficient leaves on that one
the stinky bugs like
the yellow fruit from and
heck, i dunno it may be just waterlogged for the pale one
first thing i would try aerating that plant some

what have you been feeding the plantation with?

:eek:

good growing

nitwit · Sep 23, 2011

one more thing
i think those red bugs are good ones and they are making more of the same :dance:

spongey600 · Sep 23, 2011

first picture, looks like bad evil bugs! get rid of them ASAP! i hear they are tough asp once they get established! last year when i went to visit family in Rhode ISland my mother in law's squash was infested with squash bugs which those resemble, and they were to the point where she just tossed the plants as it was intense! good luck!

S.S.Tupperware · Sep 23, 2011

I have neem and Ivory, old school, glad my mom buys stuff by the case and stores them for decades. Well were headin to the condo for her birthday next weekend, she'll be 84 god bless her, and she still drives and pays her bills, and doesn't wear depends. I don't think I ever had stink bugs think it may be ...
http://www.123rf.com/photo_6395907_milkweed-bug-swarm.html
???

scotchnaga85 · Sep 23, 2011

We call those red bugs lady birds over here in the UK. They are a kind of beetle and are most welcome in any garden as they prey on Aphids and alike.

Just wiki them and apperently americans know them as ladybugs.

spongey600 · Sep 23, 2011

S.S.Tupperware said:
I have neem and Ivory, old school, glad my mom buys stuff by the case and stores them for decades. Well were headin to the condo for her birthday next weekend, she'll be 84 god bless her, and she still drives and pays her bills, and doesn't wear depends. I don't think I ever had stink bugs think it may be ...
http://www.123rf.com/photo_6395907_milkweed-bug-swarm.html
???

they actually look more like these
http://blog.ecosmart.com/wp-content/squash-bugjpg-242x300.jpg
than the ones you posted

S.S.Tupperware · Sep 24, 2011

Well if there there today, I will pull said pepper and feed the bugs to the fish in the lake. I had a pod like that last week, and ended up picking it, and they didn't move when i tossed it away.