Id this insect in my cucumbers

11 years ago

I have find this insect in my cucumber plants and it is not alone, he has many friend over. Can anyone help me id it?

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itzybitzy_gw
11 years ago
White Flies...spray them with horicult.soap or they will suck the life out of you plants.
itzybitzy_gw
11 years ago
Oh,BTW you can also just hose spray them with water,cheaper;)
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nandy_temp
Original Author
11 years ago
Thanks for your post. I dont think they are whiteflies, they are brown in color for except of that tail that is white and does come off. They also jump like a flea but I have been looking thru the net at all the flea beetle photos I see and they dont look like them except for the behavior of jumping. A few of them have jump to my hands and you definitely feel the impact...
olga_6b
11 years ago
I don't know the name, but I also have plenty of them every year on my vegetables, as well as roses, daylilies and other plants. It does not seem like that they do much harm. I just ignore them. They can bu quite abandant.
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Edymnion
11 years ago
Are those the things that make the patches of white fluff on the stems? Never did figure out what those were or if they were dangerous or not.
howelbama
11 years ago
Edy, the things that make the white fluff are mealy bugs.. I don't think that's what that image is, but it isn't exactly a close up lol...
rhizo_1 (North AL) zone 7
11 years ago
Not whiteflies and not mealybugs...but the picture is not adequate for an identification, at least not from me. If I were FORCED to guess (lol), I'd suggest that it might be a nymph of one of the many plant hopper insects.

They are 'jumpers' and often look like they have a fluffy butt. Or fluffy stuff coming out of their butts. You know what I mean.
nandy_temp
Original Author
11 years ago
I agree is not the best photo. My cellphone camera is great but dont do macro. Here is a couple of photos using my kodak. I took them late so if there still not clear enough I will break the tripod and take some tomorrow during the day... thanks for helping.

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My plant is healthy by any other means. I do have a few leaves that look like something ate on it, sorta what you would expect from flea beetles but then again, not sure these are flea beetles....
rhizo_1 (North AL) zone 7
11 years ago
Guess what? I was right.

They are nymphs of some kind of plant hopper. See that little greenish bubble on the butt of upside-down one? That would be 'recycled' cucumber sap. ;-)

Plant hoppers insert their little needle like mouthparts into the vascular system of plants and suck away.
howelbama
11 years ago
Yep, leafhopper nymphs, they did a number on one of my watermelons last year. Squish those buggers! Watch out too, they can bite...at least the adults do, not sure about te nymphs though. I think de is supposed to do a good job on them, but not really sure. I think insecticidal soap would work , but would probably require a "direct hit"
nandy_temp
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11 years ago
I have some worryfree spray with their name on it. Been reading for a bit and it seems there is not much organic stuff to kill them...