Most of my peppers got these eggs/larva under there leaves and they are struggling. What are they and how do I get rid of them?
by Kevundoe
13 Comments
JolokiaKnight
Mostly aphids.
Spray them off with a hose or handheld squirter.
Use neem oil or a chemical deterrent.
Good luck
WindowLickerShortBus
Build a wall
johnicester
Aphids and use a bacterial soap 2x a day for 5 days…soak em…that usually works for me
MerriksSpiceFarm
Good morning! Nasty little aphids taking our pepper-ses.
The fastest way it to blast them with a hose, but that knocks em off and doesn’t necessarily kill them. Spray them (and the plant per instructions) with Neem Oil or “Monterey Garden Spinosad Insecticide Spray”. Please do not use while the sun is in direct sunlight.
The Neem Oil works by both suffocating them and reducing their urge to eat, leading to starvation. It’s a balancing act, I have burned my plants with this in my earlier days, but one of our strongest tools, too.
Oddly my best preventive measure is daily inspections of my plants, all 40. When I find them I pop them like little water balloons. It’s satisfying. 🙂
Ov3r-_-K1LL
Devil spawn. Ongoing war with the little buggers.
Sunshine_Prophylaxis
Don’t do anything! The puffed up white ones that look like sesame seeds but rounder have been parasitized by a wasp! Let the wasp and predetors take care of it and help nature thrive in your yard! In my yard the aphids were all over my dill and fennel, then a hoard of lady bugs moved in, and the yellow gold finches eat the aphids too. Now there’s a much smaller number, not even noticable!
forbiddenfreak
I’ve got this problem this year. I had milkweed growing nearby, which is covered in aphids, and they jumped ship. Now, they are on my bell peppers. I’m watching the ladybugs, ants and wasps take care of them, but the aphids have done some damage. If these were my only source of food, I may have sprayed them with pesticide, but I think I’ll just let it ride.
Liberty_Solar
Neem Oil / NeemMax every 3-4 days after spraying with hose.
Jdbacfixer
Aphids
Exciting_Ad_9933
Biocontrol consultant here. Do not do anything!! As a previous poster said, you have superb amounts of parasitism there that professional growers spend a lot of money to achieve. Let nature do its thing and just watch the magic happen.
Chilldank
Take your tongue and scrape off the seasoning like a Dorito chip
Snowycage
Aphids!! I just had those little jerks on my Habenero pepper plant. I went to Lowe’s and bought a little tub of live Lady Bugs and released them on my pepper plant. They mostly just started humping each other. They must have stopped long enough for an aphid snack because the aphids were pretty much gone soon after. I would also go out in the evening with my flashlight and just squish them if I saw any when I inspected the leaves. If I saw too many on a leaf I would just gently remove the leaf to avoid knocking any of them off and throw it away. Hope you get those taken care of and your peppers turn out amazing. 🤙🏻
prawnjam
As others have mentioned, ladybugs, but buy lacewings at the same time. Theres a place not far from me, bugs 4 bugs that breed and release for local farms but sell them also. 25yr after buying mine I’ve got them everywhere, on everything. G’kids spend more time looking at ladybugs than with me.
13 Comments
Mostly aphids.
Spray them off with a hose or handheld squirter.
Use neem oil or a chemical deterrent.
Good luck
Build a wall
Aphids and use a bacterial soap 2x a day for 5 days…soak em…that usually works for me
Good morning! Nasty little aphids taking our pepper-ses.
The fastest way it to blast them with a hose, but that knocks em off and doesn’t necessarily kill them. Spray them (and the plant per instructions) with Neem Oil or “Monterey Garden Spinosad Insecticide Spray”. Please do not use while the sun is in direct sunlight.
The Neem Oil works by both suffocating them and reducing their urge to eat, leading to starvation. It’s a balancing act, I have burned my plants with this in my earlier days, but one of our strongest tools, too.
Oddly my best preventive measure is daily inspections of my plants, all 40. When I find them I pop them like little water balloons. It’s satisfying. 🙂
Devil spawn. Ongoing war with the little buggers.
Don’t do anything! The puffed up white ones that look like sesame seeds but rounder have been parasitized by a wasp! Let the wasp and predetors take care of it and help nature thrive in your yard! In my yard the aphids were all over my dill and fennel, then a hoard of lady bugs moved in, and the yellow gold finches eat the aphids too. Now there’s a much smaller number, not even noticable!
I’ve got this problem this year. I had milkweed growing nearby, which is covered in aphids, and they jumped ship. Now, they are on my bell peppers. I’m watching the ladybugs, ants and wasps take care of them, but the aphids have done some damage. If these were my only source of food, I may have sprayed them with pesticide, but I think I’ll just let it ride.
Neem Oil / NeemMax every 3-4 days after spraying with hose.
Aphids
Biocontrol consultant here. Do not do anything!! As a previous poster said, you have superb amounts of parasitism there that professional growers spend a lot of money to achieve. Let nature do its thing and just watch the magic happen.
Take your tongue and scrape off the seasoning like a Dorito chip
Aphids!! I just had those little jerks on my Habenero pepper plant. I went to Lowe’s and bought a little tub of live Lady Bugs and released them on my pepper plant. They mostly just started humping each other. They must have stopped long enough for an aphid snack because the aphids were pretty much gone soon after. I would also go out in the evening with my flashlight and just squish them if I saw any when I inspected the leaves. If I saw too many on a leaf I would just gently remove the leaf to avoid knocking any of them off and throw it away. Hope you get those taken care of and your peppers turn out amazing. 🤙🏻
As others have mentioned, ladybugs, but buy lacewings at the same time. Theres a place not far from me, bugs 4 bugs that breed and release for local farms but sell them also. 25yr after buying mine I’ve got them everywhere, on everything. G’kids spend more time looking at ladybugs than with me.
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