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Old November 20, 2010   #1
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Default Need help identifying an insect egg

Found the following eggs on one of my tomatoes leaves, so I tried to find out which insect laid these, but didn't find it yet.

I don't know if these are beneficial insects or not, so any help is most appreciated
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Old November 20, 2010   #2
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Well their not Praying Mantis eggs.



And they might not but could be stink bug eggs.



They dont look like and their not Wheel Bug eggs.



But they do look like a butterfly or moth eggs



Or cutworm eggs.



Wheel bug good Mantis good.

The rest bad.

If the eggs are on the plant the caterpillar will eat the plant.

Sometimes it isnt too much but at other times they will eat the whole plant.


YOUR CHOICE

I would destroy them.

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Old November 21, 2010   #3
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Thanks Worth1,

I guess I'm going for the butterflies and moths, as I saw some flying around today.

So, I will try to get rid of them as soon as possible.
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Your more than welcome and welcome to the forums.
I had no idea where you live until I responded to your thread.

Then I looked at some of your other posts and read about the heat you guys have down there.

I can recommend one variety of tomato that will shurly do well where you live.

It is called wild cherry or Mats wild cherry.
It is a very small tomato that in my experience grows on a bush like plant.
Here in Texas in 100-F plus heat this tomato continued to produce fruit.

I think it is one of the earliest varieties known and grows wild in Mexico.

Most of the small fruited cherry or grape tomatoes will do better in the heat than the larger ones.

Once again welcome to the forums and good luck.

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Old November 22, 2010   #5
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Thanks Worth,

It's fine, don't worry about it

Matt's Wild Cherry tomato sounds awesome, I will try it as soon I have a chance.

about the weather, it's is getting cooler these days, 17c ( about 62 F ) to 30c ( 86 F )

I have got a black cherry recently, I hope it does well, anyway if it fails I can blame it on my inexperience

Thanks again worth
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