Hello everyone,
I always have plenty of these orange bugs in the yard every year. I sometimes find them on my tomatoes and peppers, which does not make me happy! Last year I found a praying mantis on one of my vines, and fed some of these to him--he/she really seemed to like them. Anyone know what they are?
Thanks!
Mark
Have a look at these Milkweed Assasin Bugs, yours looks like a nymph stage:
http://bugguide.net/node/view/4832
Yep, that's them. I don't understand why they sometimes have group meetings on my tomatoes. I think they may suck juice from the tomatoes just like stinkbugs. Or maybe they are eating the stinkbugs? Anyway, thanks for the ID!. I'll put some pics in the bug files.
Mark
