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Worms on Cuke leaves and something on my Jap leaves?

11 years ago

Ok so here we go. I have a Jalapeno plant that is producing 2-3" Japs but I have noticed a tone of little black ants that seem to be feeding on these what look like eggs on the underside of some of the leaves. See Pic 1.

Can anyone identify what this is and how to get rid of it?

My other issue is I have 2 new young cucumber plants and these little green worms are eating my leaves. From research it appears they are some sort of moth larva/ worm. Can anyone confirm this? See pic 2 and 3

I have treated both the above plants with Neem oil and it does not appear to work much.

I live in Tampa, FL and both plants are in a raised garden bed that is covered.

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holyhotpeppers
Original Author
11 years ago
Pic of the little green worms that are eating my cuke leaves.
holyhotpeppers
Original Author
11 years ago
pic 3 of my eaten cuke leaves
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redrac
11 years ago
Your top picture is aphids the ants are bringing them to the plant to suck it dry then they eat the excrement they also keep predators that would eat their herd at bay.
Spray with a soapy solution 1 table spoon of dish soap to a gallon of water leave on for 30 minutes or so then rinse all soap off. Also spray for ants all around the plants.
The worms I have them also and try to kill some every day I have tried spraying them but if it does work it's not for very long.

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