I noticed this cluster of something on a pepper leaf outside my window. At first glance, I thought it looked like a bunch of little snails. I do have bad eyes. Once I got a photo and zoomed in, I could see it was many little orange bugs.
The cluster of little guys is located on a Cayenne pepper leaf. They are not ladybugs, but that is all I knew.
When searching for orange bugs with black spots, I get Assassin bugs and Milkweed bugs. Neither one looks like this, but I know these are young. Assassin bug nymphs are not shaped like this, and if they are Milkweed bugs, why are they on the pepper plant? I do have milkweed plants in the yard.
A reader once told me that if they are in clusters, they are bad. Can anyone help identify these little guys?
Hey, thanks so much. Now I know that these are stinkbugs. I removed them from the peppers and we are all good now!
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I’ve had little orange bugs before. They are the nymph stage of the Leaf-footed bug. These were all over the wild, ground cherries.
Thank you for sharing!
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