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Bugs on Pepper Plants - Antianthe expansa
Copyright © 2006 LaRee

Bugs on Pepper Plants - Antianthe expansa
San Diego, California, USA
October 12, 2006
Size: tailors pin head
The photo was taken with a very strong macro lens to show the detail of this bug. There were leafhoppers around it along with ants. It also looked like there were other types of aphids in the area. I have looked everywhere for information on what this bug is with no luck. I saw them last year, but this year my pepper plants are very infested although the crop was good, this is the end of the growing season.

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Bugs on Pepper Plants - Antianthe expansa Spotty Bug with Leafhopper etc. - Antianthe expansa
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Contributed by LaRee on 13 October, 2006 - 12:15pm
Last updated 14 November, 2006 - 4:38pm

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Moved from Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies.
… john and jane balaban, 14 November, 2006 - 4:38pm login or register to post comments

Thank you Hannah
That was really quick! I guess I didn't search far enough back in the archives. With all the Internet searches I did, I didn't find anything that looked like this bug. Thank you for the identification. Since they really don't seem to be doing much harm and I don't use insecticides at all in my garden I won't do anything but let them be. They won't be detrimental to my future crops will they?
… LaRee, 13 October, 2006 - 12:51pm login or register to post comments

 
I'm far from an expert on these
but as far as I know hoppers are not particularly damaging, though if there are diseases in any of your peppers they might spread them from plant to plant in the course of feeding.
… Hannah Nendick-Mason, 13 October, 2006 - 2:49pm login or register to post comments

These look like treehopper nymphs
- possibly juveniles of the adults shown in your second picture. I've linked the two images since the nymphs are shown in both. Here's a similar one (not necessarily the same species) from the guide:

… Hannah Nendick-Mason, 13 October, 2006 - 12:30pm login or register to post comments

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