CLOSED: can anyone please tell me what kind of bug this is please

this hard shell little black thing has white web coming out of it. does anyone know what it is and how to get rid off it it has eat holes in almost all off my angel trumpets and they have been treated with merit( marathon1%) both granular and spray.

wow have never seen anything like that on my brugs in all the 12 years I have been growing them

Please forgive me - but are you sure that it isn't something else that is eating the holes in the leaves there -?-

My inquiry, is merely because the lil 'hard shell black things' look to be some other type of seed/s that may have distributed themselves over onto your angel trumpet leaves.

Do you (or perhaps a neighbor) .. happen to have any type of Milkweed plants -?- The milkweed seed have a 'webby' tail attached, and it looks like {those} may be the milkweed seed that have also gotten a bit of a drenching from rain, etc. ..

It is difficult to tell such, from an image displayed on a computer monitor screen (along with my poor eyesight) .. but is only a compelling hunch.

((huggs))

- Magpye

yes i am sure they are not seeds they are on the front and back of the leaves and they are stuck i have to pull them off. and they are right where the holes are. i have about 60 angel trumpets and have been raising them for 3 years. i have seen alot of bugs on them but never like this. it did start on a new plant i order on ebay but i didn't see it on it when i planted it. maybe it was in the dirt. it is not just a few places it is on almost all of them. some it's just starting on and some are eat up. i hope someone knows what they are. thanks

here is another picture

boy, that is a mystery. bt wouldn't work, i don't think. maybe a tablespoon of molasses mixed in a quart sprayer of water. it leaves a bad taste in the mouths of some bugs, worms, beetles, whatever the heck it is!

We have the exact same bugs in our garden! I can not figure out what the heck they are and all they do is just multiply. the are even on the sidewalk. They are eating the leaves too!

Send the picture to your County Agricultural Agent's office. Maybe they can at least id the bug.
Sure does look like Milkweed or other fluffy seed after a rain.

Seeing the mulch in the background, I believe that there is a strong possibility that the black specks are spores of artillery fungus (aka shotgun fungus - Sphaerobolus spp.). This fungus thrives on wood mulch (one reason why we have quit using it at the front of our house). See http://plantclinic.cornell.edu/FactSheets/artfungus/artilleryfungus.htm
Also, if the mulch is kept damp, slugs may be responsible for at least some of the holes in the leaves - you might try examining your plants at night to see if you can find any in the act of feeding.