Backyard Aquaponics
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Will fish eat aphids?

Any idea who this little fellow is? Should I be worried?

Thanks! They sound more or less beneficial. Will go after aphids and so on.

Mine go after white fly. If you watch them for a few minutes, you can usually see what they're going after.

Any ideas on these eggs growing on a bean leaf? After a bit of googling I thought possibly crusader bug eggs?



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Bender,

I was going to guess Stink Bug eggs. It looks like we are talking about something very similar (cousins?)




Brown marmorated stink bug

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Sam

Thanks Sam. I think you are right. This is a pic of the babies -



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are they a problem?

Have done some more research and apparently we don't have brown marmorated stink bugs in Australia. I think these are more likely to be brown shield bugs.


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They are sap suckers so yes can damage plants


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Lady bugs will solve your problem very quickly.

Are these caterpillar babies? Should I spray my plants with Dipel? They're all over my broccoli too... Very tiny (2mm)

If you're talking about the black spots, it's hard to tell but I think they are frass (excrement). Probably from the caterpillar.

That's a caterpillar and caterpillar poo all right! Pick off or squash as many as you can to keep ahead of them while you get the Dipel going.