Insect and Spider Identification: CLOSED: What are these?, 1 by Gymgirl

Gymgirl wrote:
Ok. I've read all the way down. And I DEFINITELY know what those are. They are the Leaf Footed Stinkbug NYMPHS. I was quite intimate with them in my very first tomato growing experience. They don't jump, bite, or fly, and they have very poor balance. My pesticide of choice was mashing them with the (gloved) palm of my hand. Which is how I got intimately acquainted with them. In fact, I only missed a few, which grew up to be Leaffooted STINKBUGS. They poke holes in the maters and suck, leaving a decaying spot where they poke. I watched them quite closely as I was trying to learn about stuff in my first vegetable-growing experience. It seems they have particular appetites too, just like we do. They didn't attack just any (or all) of the maters. They had a preference and hung out there. Also, you have to eradicate them as NYMPHS, cause once they grow up, an A-Bomb won't help. The nymphs do NOT like soapsuds. I sprayed Ortho Bug-Be-Gone with a few drops of Ajax lemon dish detergent. Every 5 days is the best spraying cycle. When you spray, start from the bottom and spray the undersides of the leaves working your way up. Then spray from the top back down until you have a little bit of run-off. Remember to spray the undersides of any fruit, cause these NYMPHS are shy, and hide behind the fruit! If you truly wanna go organic, put on a rubber glove, knock them down and pop them with the palm of yor hand! you actually get a whole lot of them this way, and you KNOW they're gone.

Hope this has been helpful. Here's a pic of a Leaffooted Stinkbug Nymph. I call them Big Orange Ants...