Posted: 7/2/2010 12:04:39 PM EDT
They like to hang out on the underside of my tomato leaves and I have no idea what they are. Thanks for any input. Sorry it is hard to get good pics of the little buggers. |
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I don't know what that is. If it's a pest, it's not a very bad one as that leaf looks pristine. Lots of bugs hang out in the garden, not all of them are enemies.  This. I can't tell without a closer pic, and agree that if you're seeing no damage, don't assume it's a pest. kitties |
That does not look like an aphid to me––more like a tiny fly or one of the eensy teensy wasps (and yet, as I look at the wing structure, neither of those fits, particularly, either.) Aphids tend to appear fatter and squattier even with wings. Aphids also tend to congregate in groups, even in winged form. There is a little bitty dragonfly-like bug that flies around here which looks like that, but I've never known it to do any harm to plants. (Saying "I've never known it to" is by no means a statement that it doesn't or CAN not. I've never known roly-polies to eat radishes either, but last year a guy proved that they can and will do so in certain circumstances.  )
HOWEVER you could be correct about the aphids. It is very difficult to say so far away and tiny. Still....ONE of something is usually not cause for alarm in my view. With a few exceptions, including the demon SVB moth. 
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