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Help! Shield Bugs annihilated my tomatoes!!

StephanieHS
13 years ago

Hi! I'm hoping someone can help me. I am completely new to gardening. Last year, I started my first vegetable garden. I grew a variety of heirloom tomatoes and peppers. They grew beautifully! Then these bugs showed up, they were shield shaped and black with red markings, and started eating everything! I gave up my dreams for an organic garden and sprayed everything with a pyrethins I think. This accomplished nothing. They ate through it like it was nothing. I tried flicking them into a container full of molasses, which worked if I managed to catch one. Usually, they just flew up in the air when I tried to get them, and then landed again, and resumed eating of course. There were a million of them and one of me. I gave up. I really loved my garden and want to try again but I am so wary. Please, any advice? What were those things? How do I kill them? Even better, how can I stop them from showing up in the first place?! Many thanks :)

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