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Posted by wlaFarmer none (My Page) on Sat, Dec 17, 11 at 17:06
| Hello all I'm a new poster, though I've been viewing the forum for quite some time and have found it very helpful. I figured I'd join up and try to add a little something since I've gathered so much information over the years. I'm a very novice gardener and have a very small scale backyard garden growing for a couple seasons now.
Anyhow, the purpose of this is to identify an insect that I haven't seen before. All of my search queries have pointed to lady bug larvae. I am familiar with lady bug larvae and though similar this insect is different to what I am familiar with. The difficulty is that it is black and does have spikes or hairs or however you would like to describe it.
I will now attempt my first upload on this site...lets see how it works.
OK apparently my file is too large, I still don't know how to shrink the file size (after all these years...) |
Image link: Unidentified insect (48 k)
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RE: Unidentified insect
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| Definitely not ladybug larvae. Perhaps aphids or true bugs? Difficult to see enough detail to know which or what kind. |
RE: Unidentified insect
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| Yeah the restrictions on posting size made it difficult to get a good picture up. Any suggestions how or where to post a better picture for easier identification? Not aphids. I'm unfamiliar with true bugs I'll check it out. |
RE: Unidentified insect
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| I probably couldn't help with the bug identification but... with posting a bigger image... maybe. First you'll need to host the image somewhere other than this forum, that way you get around the size restriction. Many people use http://photobucket.com/ but you can use whichever one you wish. I'll use Photobucket as an example. After you upload the high resolution image, view the image and copy the "Direct Link" from the link box. Use the link you just copied to replace imageURL in the following text: You should then have a larger image that can be clicked to view even larger. Preview it to make sure you have it right before posting of course. As an example, I uploaded an image to Photobucket with a direct link of http://i700.photobucket.com/albums/ww7/chuggerguy/garden photos/IMG_5178.jpg and used it as in the code above giving: And when I post it I get: 
Good luck, I wish I were better at explaining. :) Oh, and if you know what disease my tomato has could you post in: http://forums.gardenweb.com/forums/load/tompests/msg0122132826203.html |
RE: Unidentified insect
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| OK lets see if this works... 
If it does thanks for the suggestion. I will upload it to photobucket if need be but I already had it on one of my fishing websites. |
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| Alright here we go again. More than anything I'm just really interested to know what it is. I've already hit them with neem oil because the ants have found them and we all know that never ends well. BTW the plants are from last season and since they are still producing I figured I'd just let it ride and see how long they'll go for. For some reason the picture still isn't showing but if you click on it there is a picture...any suggestions?
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RE: Unidentified insect
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| Yep, my mistake. Sorry about that. You almost have it though. I forgot to specify that there's TWO occurrences of ImageURL in the code that you need to replace. I'm curious what they are too. I'm sure I'll have to contend with them sooner or later anyway. |
Thanks Chuggerguy for the picture tip
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| Lets see if I can get this right one more time 
oh look at me I'm a regular techie now ;) Thanks again for the help. Now if someone can please help me identify these little buggers, I'd greatly appreciate it. |
RE: Unidentified insect
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| They are the little nymphs of the pesky Keeled Treehopper. Though called a 'treehopper', they are often found in garden, especially on tomatoes. Related to leafhoppers, they suck large quantities of plant sap and are capable of causing their host plants a lot of stress if present in large numbers. I'll attach a picture of the adult. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Keeled Treehopper (adult)
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