I just found these all over my butterfly garden plants and have no idea what they are. Any ideas? Thank you!!! I hope they are not "bad" bugs. They don't look like caterpillars, so I'm a little concerned.
What are these bugs on my dill and fennel plants?
They are the nymphs of one of the Stink Bugs (family Pentatomidae). The true bugs don't have caterpillar stages, but look quite like wingless adults through a sequence of nymphal stages.
Ken
Thank you! On my way to go look them up and see if they're harmless or what.
OK I've been searching and reading and I can't find this EXACT pattern on any bug's back in a picture anywhere. Weird.
Also, everyone seems to say these are milkweed bugs. I do have milkweed (for the monarch butterflies) but these things are on my dill and fennel and not on my milkweed plants. It just seems odd that I can't find this exact bug, with a picture matching this bug's pattern anywhere. Hmm.