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Originally Posted by Shrinkrap
Does anybody know what this is, or have a source for figuring it out? I am hoping they are insects that eat bad bugs, and not the kind that damage fruit. But they seem to be hanging around fruit.
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I hate to break it to you but those are leaf footed bugs. Kill them quickly while they are grouped together because once they get large they will disperse and lay eggs all over your garden and then you will have a lot more of them. I use a small spray bottle with Permethrin and Dawn to get those small groups like that.
If you look at the bug in the shadow of the fruit you can see the thickening of the lower back leg. Sometimes that is very hard to determine when they first hatch out but if you look close you will see it on some of them within a day or so.
Bill