Garden Pests and Diseases: Friend or Foe #4, 1 by konkreteblond

konkreteblond wrote:
Hey Tamara, did they look like this? I thought about coming in last night and posting about this experience. I have Leaf-footed bugs, and the only times I've seen these orange things were on plants that I've seen the LF bugs on. At first (last year) I didn't know if they were related, but because I didn't know what these were I squished them. Then I saw them again a few months ago alone on a plant. The next day I saw the big LF bugs. 2+2.... There was heavy rain that night and I didn't find them the next day. Last night I found more of these orange things, again on a plant where I saw the LF bugs....so I squished them all again. I have never been able to find a picture of a LF nymph, but I'm fairly certain these are them.