Tomato bug ID

[.270]

Came back from a trip and got these in my tomato plants. ID?

[Jaybo31]

I call em stink bugs. The will destroy tomatoes

Just found they are called leaf footed bugs?

[TXHUNT3R]

I call em stink bugs. The will destroy tomatoes

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[Moose]

Squash bug

[czechgrubworm]

Squash bug

Will kill the doo doo out of your squash plants, quick..

[fishingsetx]

I call em stink bugs. The will destroy tomatoes

Just found they are called leaf footed bugs?

Yep leaf footed bug. Not a squash bug. If you can get them in their nymph phase they are easy to kill (bright orange bug that lives in groups in your plants). Once they reach adulthood, squashing them is about the only thing that works. Cyonara sprayed directly on them works too but it has to hit them directly. They will do damage to the fruit but usually don't kill the plant.

Leaf footed bug nymph



The bugs that kill squash plants are a moth that lays an egg and the egg turns into a worm. The worm burrows into the stem and kills the plant. There is also a "squash bug" but they are quite a bit smaller than a leaf footed bug.

Squash bug

[muzzlebrake]

Always called them squash bugs but that's probably not right. They even got on my Apricots and started stinging them this year. Healthy dose of permethrins kilt the heck out of them. Worthless they are.

[12 point]

They love to poke lots of holes in maters. I used to grow a huge garden and on one particular property those things were everywhere. They go after my peaches as well.

[Brazman]

A couple years ago in Lufkin I was covered up in these little suckers. Couldn't kill them fast enough, adults, little red nymphs, whatever...they were all over my tomatoes. I'd go out every day and kill them. The next summer, I had several little green lizards move into my garden permanently. Didn't see one single leaf footed bug that summer. It was pretty awesome to see nature correcting and balancing itself.

[.270]

A couple years ago in Lufkin I was covered up in these little suckers. Couldn't kill them fast enough, adults, little red nymphs, whatever...they were all over my tomatoes. I'd go out every day and kill them. The next summer, I had several little green lizards move into my garden permanently. Didn't see one single leaf footed bug that summer. It was pretty awesome to see nature correcting and balancing itself.

Good info on the lizards. I got a handful that call my garden home. Problem is, my neighbors planted tomatoes across the fence as well. Those bugs can move back and forth.