Identification of these

[seaofgreen18]

Im thinking baby lady bugs any ideas?

 

[seaofgreen18]

I emailed an entomologist i know see what he says

 

[HappyHazmat88]

Hey those are brown marmorated stink bug nymphs.... Get on removing them as they pierce plants and suck them dry.

A natural pesticide will work to remove them or a diy cocktail made of 1 tablespoon vegetable oil (for adherence), 1 tablespoon dish soap ( to break down exo skeleton), and add to 1 gallon of water ( carries oil and soap along with drowning the little buggers).

 

[seaofgreen18]

@HappyHazmat88 Thanks alot ive never seen them before

 

[seaofgreen18]

I got some assassin bugs on the way i think ill feed them with those

 

[HappyHazmat88]

@HappyHazmat88 Thanks alot ive never seen them before

Your welcome....I've never seen them either but I like researching so this was cool for me to

 

[seaofgreen18]

Your welcome....I've never seen them either but I like researching so this was cool for me to

Me to thanks again I like the learning experience myself RIGHT ON!

 

[HappyHazmat88]

Me to thanks again I like the learning experience myself RIGHT ON!

Do you have a android that runs on Google? If yes, then Google lens is the most helpful thing at your finger tips.

 

[seaofgreen18]

I do when I looked baby lady bugs looked similar to those after the nymph stage and i was gonna put a bug id app on my phone but they wanted cash so Nope i decided to ask the folks here

 

[seaofgreen18]

I cut that leaf and put them in a plastic container to experiment with when I get the assassin bugs they'll be here Tuesday I'm trying to up my beneficial insect population around the area i have alot of green lacewings and parasitic wasps around i want to diversity tho

 

[seaofgreen18]

Im not sure what kind of critter os in the second pic and it's kinda blurry but you can make out thst it has a fly pinned down eating it it was Cool!

 

[seaofgreen18]

It might be a dragon fly nymph

 

[seaofgreen18]

Those critters are also known as a Harlequin bug or stink bug as you say and they are invasive

 

[Sueet]

It might be a dragon fly nymph

The one in your second photo is an actual dragonfly, not a nymph, their nymphs and larvae live in water. They are superb hunters, I miss having my little pond. I didn't recognize that I would lose my dragonflies by removing it.

 

[seaofgreen18]

The one in your second photo is an actual dragonfly, not a nymph, their nymphs and larvae live in water. They are superb hunters, I miss having my little pond. I didn't recognize that I would lose my dragonflies by removing it.

We don't have a pond and there's a bunch of dragon flies around ,maybe for the food source but there must be some water around close by somewhere for breeding I don't know where the water source could be that's close by im in city neighborhood , maybe some else has a little pond somewhere thanks for the response

 

[Sativa1970]

Dragon flies will travel a long distance to find good hunting grounds. They are ambush predator's with good sight so they are looking for a perch they can rest and hunt from. Bamboo pole or trellis cables around 6 foot of the ground draw them in.

 

[SmokingWings]

Dragon flies will travel a long distance to find good hunting grounds. They are ambush predator's with good sight so they are looking for a perch they can rest and hunt from.

We are about a mile from Lake St. Clair and all those boat canals. Yesterday while walking around the backyard I noticed what looked like a couple of young or smaller sized dragonflies perched on some flowers and shrub branches. Then they took off and it looked like they were chasing some other flying insect.

Or maybe it was the sample from some 2 year old Papaya harvest that made me think I was seeing them.

 

[Sativa1970]

Must have moved here, cause a local would say, graduated from Parkway east/west per Mo tradition. lol. Dragon flies eat a ton of mosquitoes. That' why they always buzz past all erratic.

 

[seaofgreen18]

I love having them around we have Alot of green lacewings around to they are always coming out of our mint when i water it in the morning I ordered some assassin bugs to try to get some diversity in my area we have alot of parasitic wasp's i actually got some larvae out of our mason bee house i was disappointed for a minute because I wanted bees but quickly got over it

 

[seaofgreen18]

All done with beneficial insects , organic mildew control,organic soil inputs, no chemicals and what so ever in my soil or anything I rely on my microbiology to do their things I just need to keep them Happy and overwhelm the Bad with the Good