Please help i.d. these bugs on my tomatoes. They are orange/red with a black stripe on them. They have long black legs. They are somewhat triangular in shape. I think they are either a leaf footed nymph or some sort of assasin bug. They don't match to any of the photos I have seen, though. Please also let me know how to eliminate them if they are not beneficial. Thanks!
I think they are the Leaf-Footed nymphs, see how the Tibia is starting to enlarge?
http://www.humblewildlife.com/pages/bug/upclose/images/leaffootednymph.jpg
I would do the flick-and-dunk method...get a bucket of soapy water and just flick them in there.
This message was edited May 13, 2008 9:11 PM
Your link definitely looks more like it than any of the other pics I saw.
Thanks for the help! Fortunately, there are not too many right now.
