Help ID Bug

aclum · April 24, 2014

Hi,

I found a few tiny little bugs on some of my plants today and need help in identifying them. They are WAY too tiny for me to photograph, and I could only see any detail at all by using a 40x loupe.

To the naked eye they look white, but under magnification appear sort of a very light tan. They're about 1/16" long (at most) and VERY thin. They have 6 legs with the legs going from the light tan to about black at the "feet." The bodies are fairly well elevated by the legs. They seem to have two little round black eyes on the end of their body - sort of like lobster eyes. Couldn't see any wings or antenna, although the end opposite the eyes seemed to have a little bulge or teeny-teeny-tiny sort of horseshoe like shape.

I haven't noticed any damage to these particular "buggy" plants - YET

!

Any guesses on what the bug might be?

Thanks!
Anne

April 24, 2014	#1
aclum Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Merced, CA Posts: 832	Help ID Bug Hi, I found a few tiny little bugs on some of my plants today and need help in identifying them. They are WAY too tiny for me to photograph, and I could only see any detail at all by using a 40x loupe. To the naked eye they look white, but under magnification appear sort of a very light tan. They're about 1/16" long (at most) and VERY thin. They have 6 legs with the legs going from the light tan to about black at the "feet." The bodies are fairly well elevated by the legs. They seem to have two little round black eyes on the end of their body - sort of like lobster eyes. Couldn't see any wings or antenna, although the end opposite the eyes seemed to have a little bulge or teeny-teeny-tiny sort of horseshoe like shape. I haven't noticed any damage to these particular "buggy" plants - YET ! Any guesses on what the bug might be? Thanks! Anne