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Found on tomato plant - Halyomorpha halys
Copyright © 2009 isobig

Found on tomato plant - Halyomorpha halys
Scranton, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, USA
August 9, 2009
Size: 1/16 of an inch
Found these eggs and bugs on the underside of a tomato plant leaf this morning. I snipped the leaf off to avoid disturbing them so I could get some photos. I thought they were baby ladybugs, but after checking around online it seems they are not ladybugs. What are they? Are they bad for the tomato plants?
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Contributed by isobig on 9 August, 2009 - 7:12am
Last updated 12 August, 2010 - 11:39pm

Moved
Moved from Brown Marmorated Stink Bug.
… John R. Maxwell, 12 August, 2010 - 11:39pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Unidentified Heteroptera nymphs and eggs.
… isobig, 12 July, 2010 - 10:55pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from True Bugs.
… v belov, 15 September, 2009 - 6:11pm login or register to post comments

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… john and jane balaban, 6 September, 2009 - 10:42am login or register to post comments

A couple of possibilities
You might try looking for a match in colors/patterns in the photos for stinkbugs and shield-backed bugs.

Baby ladybugs don't look like bugs. They're larvae with long legs.
… R. Berg, 9 August, 2009 - 3:55pm login or register to post comments

 
Yep
Yeah that's what I meant when I said they didn't seem like baby ladybugs when I researched them online. I saw the ladybug larvae and obviously it wasn't that.

Anyone know what stinkbugs these are?
… isobig, 9 August, 2009 - 6:09pm login or register to post comments

 
Found that these are the inst
Found that these are the instars of the Brown Marmorated Stink Bug. I have been finding the adults on the tomato and pepper plants lately. I have been disposing of them as I find them. They have ruined a bunch of the fruits.
… isobig, 15 September, 2009 - 9:39pm login or register to post comments

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