Photos below - here's a couple of assassin bug photos, much like the ones that ribbit showed on her blog. This is a very good bug to have in the garden, because it holds it's prey with it's front legs - then plunges it's sharp syringe - like mouth part into it, while sucking the fluids out. Yeah....talk about carnage! Ha!
Photo below - I haven't identified this little fella yet, but it sure is cute! I left it alone, because it kinda looked like an assassin bug. I'll have to get verification from the local extension agent on what it is.....
Photo below - although this caterpillar is quite pretty, it eats tomato foliage like crazy. I've found about 20 of these on my tomato plants in the last few days.
Photo below - Here's a couple on death row. Ha!
Here's another one, that is called a tomato fruitworm, or corn earworm.
Photo below - I tried to tell them.....sigh, they'll never learn! After their photo was taken, they fought the law, and the law won. Heh.
Anyway, that's just a select few that were encountered during the last few days. Oh....there are many more....Whew!
Take care, and happy exterminating!
EG
13 comments:
The bug report. Man you've got tons of them. Me, I'm trying to deter coddling moths and trying to keep the ants in the garden and out of my harvest, hehe.
Lil Bro over in Our Suburban Garden enjoys playing with all his little insect friends out in the garden. If he saw your insects, he'd collect them in jars for sure.
SG
The tomato fruitworm, or corn earworm is wat was inside that tomato of mine. A real ugly sucker, he was. Did the green one have a coppery stripe down his back? If so, he's another assassin bug.
Hi EG! Greetings from Wyoming! Sure appreciate you BUG post. It's good to learn the names of these guys... and whether they're good/bad.
Happy Friday! We're off to work on our new home today!!! Sheetrock...
I always love reading your information and watching the videos, your information is real and direct. Thanks.
I just found assassin bugs in my garden this week. I was happy to see them. I've also got some small green caterpillar eating some of my plants, including my tomatoes. I haven't identified it yet, but they die a most cruel death. I like butterflies, but not at the expense of fresh tomatoes.
You know how you have double tomato stands going, how did you tie the upper and lower halves together? I have about 4 tomato plants at least 50 inches in height and the buggers are far to big. They got their butt handed to them in last nights storm too so its time to double up the stands.
One of the things I do not miss from the south is the number of bugs -- whooeee.
I'm starting to see squash bugs here. Too bad you can't get Jude to eat these as she does berries. You seem like a man who could use some chickens. Mine would consider this harvest a real bounty.
The assassin bug is just too cool! I think the cute little green bug is a baby grasshopper...
Great pics, EG!
Thanks, everyone!
waters_deep - I fasten the biggest hoops of the tomato cages together with zip ties.
ribbit - I don't recall if the green bug had any stripes or not. Sorry!
Stefaneener - my wife won't let me have chickens, because they attract snakes (at least that's what she thinks)
Love the bug patrol!
EEWWW! Its giving me the creeps, but great bug info. Somebody better get you a Bug Busters uniform and a giant Bug Busters Vacuum!- Who ya gonna call? BUG BUSTERS! 8)
"Death row." And you're commiting double homocide with the squash bugs. I hope your veggies appreciate all you're doing for them.
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