Egg identification needed

[Barb_FL]

Is this spider mite eggs ? Or something else?

I live in hot / humid area but we haven't had rain in over a month, and only once a month for the 2 months before that.

I found several leaves on my cucumber plant looking like this.

I've only have been using the yellow sticky cards; Plant has never been sprayed and I having been using tulle at night to keep away the pickle worms.

Thank you in advance for your help.

[Nattybo!]

I think those might be aphids. I have trouble seeing spider mite adults...their eggs must be so tiny that I would need a magnifying glass or a microscope to them.

Try some soapy water? Or some insecticidal soap?

[Cole_Robbie]

I agree that those are not spider mite eggs.

I also agree that aphids is a good guess: http://entnemdept.ufl.edu/creatures/...rtle_aphid.htm

[Barb_FL]

Thank you.

I never would have thought it was aphids. This has happened to my cucumber plants in prior years but it was always along with the worms affecting the fruit.

I've seen the small and mature aphids on my tomato leaves but never have seen in egg stage.

Will treat tonight so won't affect the bees.

[kurt]

If you haven't got one already this helps out with those "oohs and aahhhs"of life in the garden.

http://solousa.com/store/flypage/han...yers/420_.html

I really like the model number.
On my pool deck I can spray underneath with a friendly type "dispatcher",let work then rinse with the second Solo to flush and clean the dead critters away and onto deck where any survivors might try to escape and breed again.I have twelve little "paws"that run around all day on deck and in garden so gots to be careful with the poisons.

[kayrobbins]

I bought that sprayer when Kurt posted about it in some other thread I read. It is one of the best things I have ever bought for my garden and I had never heard of it before. Of course it is great for getting on all side of the leaves but for someone short like me the extension really helps when spraying the super tall indeterminate plants.

[gorbelly]

I don't think those are aphid eggs. I think most of them are actual aphids. Some of the smallest specks could be honeydew from the aphids. This time of year (possibly all year in parts very south) aphids do not lay eggs--they reproduce parthenogenically, by giving birth to live clones. They don't lay eggs until fall because they overwinter as eggs on selected species.

[ginger2778]

Winter doesn't really come into play here. Yes aphids and aphid eggs.

[gorbelly]

Aphid eggs are actually surprisingly large, are usually long and capsule-shaped, very shiny, and green turning to black. Do aphids even go through an egg-laying phase in FL? Even if they did, it couldn't possibly be during high summer?

[ginger2778]

Yielding- I do not know that much about aphid life cycles, except I know the infestation when I see it, and I try to do away with their life cycle. I'll concede.

[kurt]

Take your pick,either or the same remedy(your choice) will dispatch both.In our heat at this time I usually see russet mites,some spider mites,rarely aphids.

http://search.aol.com/aol/image?s_it...+cycle&s_qt=ac

http://www.almanac.com/pest/aphids

[Barb_FL]

Will be treating tonight. Thanks for the recommendation on the Solo sprayer.

I picked a bunch of leaves (and fed them to the tadpoles) nothing moved.

I did see 2 LadyBugs today; Not the bright red ones which always makes me cautious.

Plants have to be near the end of their life cycle with > 250 cucumber picked between the 3 plants.

Thanks for all your comments.