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Need help identifying bugs / spider?!

7 years ago

I have been growing sweet peas on my balcony and a few days ago noticed this strange looking spider thing sitting on its egg! Have now realised there are loads of tiny little green things on other parts of same plant. Have tried looking closely and they don't look as though they have wings, there are also 3 or 4 empty egg sacs around leaves so I am wondering if they are babies of the spider thing?? Have looked at the spider, it definitely has 8 legs but can't find anything that looks like it on Google pics! Please can anyone help identifying what these are and how I can fix this problem? Thank you.

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