Keep or kill
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AMamani
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Somebody started a family on my cherry tomato leaves. Anyone know who? Should I keep them or squash them?
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That is a severe case of aphids. You need to spray them down with a horticultural oil asap or you will not have any plants left.
Janet Pizaro
on Aug 15, 2016
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KILL! They will eat your plants!
Gail Steele
on Aug 15, 2016
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I'm afraid I didn't include much in the photo for scale. I haven't had aphids on my tomatoes before, but I do get them on my roses. The white eggs (?) in the photos above are at least twice as big as the biggest aphids I have seen and the green insects are significantly bigger. Could these be something else? Or are aphids bigger in their earlier stages?
AMamani
on Aug 15, 2016
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I think they are not aphids from what I see. Aphids do vary some in appearance, but those are gigantic compared to aphids. Also, aphids don't lay eggs in a neat cluster like that, but do so more randomly over the entire leaf. They somewhat resemble certain kinds of squash bugs (stink bugs), which are also bad. My best advice would be to post those photos (which are terrific, by the way) on either whatsthatbug.com or at GardenWeb, both of which are frequented by people who should be getting paid because they are so smart about this stuff (translated: "not me").
Dayna Barnes
on Aug 16, 2016
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They look like weird ticks
Brenda Hand-Amunrud
on Aug 16, 2016
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What a difference a day makes!
AMamani
on Aug 17, 2016
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