Beginner Gardening: Eggs?!! Bugs? They are ready to bloom, UGH what to do?, 4 by dannyboy91

dannyboy91 wrote:
Hi all,
While. Have had some real trials and tribulations this year especially with my orientals, I managed to get some to grow well enough, all things considered. ;)
But, I have posted some pics below, I just found these on my plants this morning. They look like EGGS to me, I cut off a few leaves that had them, but as I went on I found the entire container full of them. :-(

They are oriental poppies, and as you can see in the final pics, they are ready to bloom, already bowing their little heads, lol. In one pic the leaf with eggs/ bugs on it is already cut off, lying on the ground, bottom side up. If these are indeed eggs/ and or bugs, what should I do at this point? I tried a dish soap and veggie oil concoction last year on the same variety of plants and it turned them BLACK and they died :-(

I don't want to lose them, although they are packed into this large container, they are the ONLY ones left in my entire yard. All the others in flower beds died or bolted due to serious amounts of rain and fungus from the excess moisture. The ones that bolted bloomed as small as 2-3 inches! LoL can you believe it! All I can do is laugh at that. But again, I would really LOVE to be able to save these. They are only 12-18 inches tall as opposed to 3-5 feet tall, but I did this intentionally in the container. I was just looking for a full house, if you will, rather than height and size. But they seem to be ready to bloom with buds at a very good size.

Sorry for the long post, I just hate to lose them now... If anyone has any suggestions as to exactly what they are from, or how to safely get rid of them I would would be extremely grateful. Thanks in advance for any help,

Danny