Tomato Suck Bug

[Mark_Thompson]

https://www.growingproduce.com/crop-pro ... crops-dry/

This is one I’ve had for a few years and just ignored, but this year I’m seeing it earlier than in years past. This is from the above link:

“The tomato bug also is known as the tomato suck bug because both nymphs and adults actively feed by inserting their piercing mouthparts in plant tissues and sucking the plant juices. Yellowish-red rings develop around stems at these feeding sites. The rings are thickened corky areas that become yellow to reddish. The stem is weakened and brittle at these rings and break easily when touched, causing blossom drop, dropping of developing fruit, and breakage of vine stems. Feeding activity also can damage fruit directly”

I tried spinosad and insecticidal soap yesterday, so hoping that does the trick.

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[bower]

Great pic of the bug.
I just found the first two winged black aphids on tomato plants today. Girding for disaster management mode...

[Mark_Thompson]

Not my pic, pulled off google images, but yeah it’s always something huh