Insect and Spider Identification: CLOSED: Found several on pepper plants, 0 by MaypopLaurel

MaypopLaurel wrote:
Welcome to the world of gardening where you will surely learn as much about bugs and diseases as you will plants. To start off you need to know that herding cats would be easier than directing flea beetles to a pool party. Plus, they breed faster than cats. I row cover young plants and spray when necessary. Once the plants are more mature the flea beetles move on. They love eggplants even more than ttomatoes.

Chilly, the cups with water are usually dumped at the end of the party and our session in the garden. Empties are left on posts. You might see a couple in this photo.