new family in town....

jasonig · August 24, 2013

Found on my Cherry leaves. After a Google search it looks like they are newborn Boxelder bugs.

shelleybean · August 25, 2013

We had those Boxelder beetle things at our old house by the millions the last few years we were there. I never found them in my veggies but they were on everything--the bricks, patio furniture, bushes, trees, swing set, you name it. My husband would spray them and they'd all die off for a few weeks and then they'd be back again. We only moved five minutes away but thankfully I don't see them here.

Since I never had them on food I was growing, I could use stronger sprays. You're going to have to use something specifically for veggies. Good luck! I hope you can get rid of them.

jasonig · August 25, 2013

Hi Michele, I couldnt find any info that Boxelders are harmful to tomato plants so I let the little ones live....

jasonig · August 29, 2013

actually i think they are stink bugs

http://vegetablemdonline.ppath.corne...tink%20bug.pdf

shelleybean · August 29, 2013

They do resemble the second picture on that site. That may explain why yours are on veggies and mine were not. Are they still there? What do they look like now?

livinonfaith · August 29, 2013

They don't look like the Boxelder bugs that I have seen. (There were huge masses of them on the side of my parents house a few years in a row.) Those are more narrow and a pretty striking red color.

I hate to say that they look a lot like some kind of baby shield bug (stink bug) to me, too. I would have to see a closer image, though.

August 25, 2013	#2
shelleybean Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Virginia Beach Posts: 2,648	We had those Boxelder beetle things at our old house by the millions the last few years we were there. I never found them in my veggies but they were on everything--the bricks, patio furniture, bushes, trees, swing set, you name it. My husband would spray them and they'd all die off for a few weeks and then they'd be back again. We only moved five minutes away but thankfully I don't see them here. Since I never had them on food I was growing, I could use stronger sprays. You're going to have to use something specifically for veggies. Good luck! I hope you can get rid of them. __________________ Michele

August 29, 2013	#5
shelleybean Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Virginia Beach Posts: 2,648	They do resemble the second picture on that site. That may explain why yours are on veggies and mine were not. Are they still there? What do they look like now? __________________ Michele

August 25, 2013	#3
jasonig Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2013 Location: Fairfield, CT, Zone 7A Posts: 35	Hi Michele, I couldnt find any info that Boxelders are harmful to tomato plants so I let the little ones live....

August 29, 2013	#4
jasonig Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2013 Location: Fairfield, CT, Zone 7A Posts: 35	actually i think they are stink bugs http://vegetablemdonline.ppath.corne...tink%20bug.pdf

August 29, 2013	#6
livinonfaith Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Fuquay-Varina, North Carolina Posts: 1,332	They don't look like the Boxelder bugs that I have seen. (There were huge masses of them on the side of my parents house a few years in a row.) Those are more narrow and a pretty striking red color. I hate to say that they look a lot like some kind of baby shield bug (stink bug) to me, too. I would have to see a closer image, though.