Little monsters on my tomatoes. What are they?
by
AMamani
I have these tiny little creatures on my cherry tomato plants. What are they? They seem to stay in one place on the stem if I don't mess with them, and they don't seem to do much damage to the plant (none at all to the fruit). Should I worry about them?
They are usually in bunches like this and have attracted ants to tend them.
The drier part above is the damage left after I scraped a bunch off last week.
3 answers
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Look like lil spiky aphids to me. Neem Oil works well. Some swear by a blast from a water hose but that seems counter productive if their demise is hoped for. A mix of dish soap and water sprayed is said to work well too.Only good aphid is a dead aphid. Haha
Gonfshn77302
on Apr 22, 2015
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I was once told that you can't prevent these by spraying your plan with a solution you actually have to spray the bug itself.
Francine Nault
on Apr 23, 2015
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Figured it out! They are the nymph stage of Keeled Treehoppers. I found one of the big green mature bugs near the mob and when I searched for it online the whole group made sense. This website http://blog.hmns.org/tag/keeled-treehopper/ has a great photo of mature and nymphs together as well as some good info if anybody else needs it.
AMamani
on Apr 23, 2015
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