Re: can you identify this insect

**sanderson** 7/7/2018, 3:18 am

I believe leaf hoppers are all bad guys. TD, can you snap a photo straight down?

**trolleydriver** 7/7/2018, 1:06 pm

sanderson wrote:I believe leaf hoppers are all bad guys. TD, can you snap a photo straight down?

No luck finding it today so far. Maybe it has hopped the hedge into the neighbour's row garden.

**trolleydriver** 7/7/2018, 5:13 pm

Got the photo of the insect sitting on a Canada Crookneck Squash. Whether it be good or bad it is no more.

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**Scorpio Rising** 7/7/2018, 7:27 pm

Is it this?

https://www.google.com/search?q=black+bug+on+my+crookneck+squash&client=safari&hl=en-us&prmd=isvn&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj8isXckY7cAhWm6YMKHRWFDUEQ_AUIESgB&biw=1024&bih=661#imgrc=Y_pg9AuopLmtHM:

**Scorpio Rising** 7/7/2018, 7:28 pm

this?

https://www.google.com/search?q=black+bug+on+my+crookneck+squash&client=safari&hl=en-us&prmd=isvn&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj8isXckY7cAhWm6YMKHRWFDUEQ_AUIESgB#imgrc=isIjVVpbOgHIzM:

**Scorpio Rising** 7/7/2018, 7:30 pm

Bad guys. Kill him/her/it.

**trolleydriver** 7/7/2018, 7:52 pm

That is it. Already killed it but now I should search for eggs. I hate bugs.

Update:
I inspected the underside of leaves and found bunches of eggs under three leaves. I removed them using duct tape and then squished them.

**sanderson** 7/8/2018, 2:34 am

My inclination would do it in, also. Smile

markqz 11/5/2021, 4:11 pm

This critter has been hanging out on my remaining Cherokee tomato. Any thoughts?

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OhioGardener 11/5/2021, 7:46 pm

Looks like the fifth instar nymph of the southern green stink bug, which sucks the juices out of fruits & vegetables.

markqz 11/6/2021, 4:50 pm

OhioGardener wrote:Looks like the fifth instar nymph of the southern green stink bug, which sucks the juices out of fruits & vegetables.

Oh great. I thought it was just the tomatoes, but then while cleaning my lettuce leaves off I found another. I've treated the tomato with spinosad. I'm thinking of using diamaceous earth spray on the lettuce.

**sanderson** 11/12/2021, 11:46 pm

Darn, and it's such a pretty bug. It goes through such different looking stages that it could slip past scrutiny.

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