Insect and Spider Identification: CLOSED: CLOSED: Red bug on Sunflowers, 1 by greeenllama

greeenllama wrote:
I have a small balcony garden in Dallas, Texas that was recently plagued with spider mites. I found a tiny colony of these guys about an hour ago on my sunflowers which I am trying to save from the mites. When I sprayed them with an organic pesticide, they fell off the plant and seemed to have died. Are these bugs going to spread to my coleus, zinnias, basil, collard greens and pumpkin? At this point I would rather throw the sunflowers out instead of having to resort to using something like sevin. Please help!