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Little red bugs that hop
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Posted by hadleyweed z8WA (My Page) on Tue, Aug 22, 06 at 17:42
| I have an infestation of little red bugs that hop quite far when you disturb them. They even make a sound when a bunch of them hop at once, sort of like lots of mini grasshoppers. They ended up all over my clothes when I was trying to harvest some veggies. They are on top of the leaves (not underneath) of everything in my vegetable garden. They are perhaps twice the size of a period. I can't make out any features because they are so small, but they are clearly visible as little dark red spots all over the plants. I saw a few on my parsely, then I was busy and didn't go out in my garden for a week or so. Now they are everywhere! The only damage that is visible to the plants so far is that a few of the bugs seem to leave behind a small black spot when you knock them off. I have been reading up on spider mites, but it sounds like those are too small to see and live underneath the leaves of plants. Any ideas? |
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| The pictures of leaf hoppers look like a different shape than my bugs. Mine are quite round. I probably gave the wrong impression when I compared them to mini grasshoppers. Also, I'm noticing that some are brown. Also, when I say they hop, I would say it is like those shooter weeds that shoot seeds when you touch them - the bugs go flying about that far. |
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| Whoops, it looks like I lied and screwed up! First, the bugs are not exactly round, now that I've had a chance to look at them through a telephoto lense and take a picture. Second, I said I would post a picture of them here, but I can't. So it's on to Garden Clinic forum so I can post a picture. |
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