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rainmax

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I found some eggs under my tobacco leaf. I burn the leaf so I will not found out what was it. Is there an expert to recognize creature by the eggs?

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I agree with leverhead that hornworm eggs tend to be solitary. These could be any number of butterfly or moth species. Each year, I see at least 6 or 7 varieties of eggs on tobacco. I can only identify hornworm eggs (and probably a lot of these are actually something else). They will always rub off, and can be popped in your fingers. Messy.

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Bottom line........doesn't really matter what they are from. The egg layer clearly intended for your tobacco to be breakfast for the emerging babies. As said.........KILL EM.
 

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Ok, Nothing big than. What about this one??:

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I think these are Squash Bug eggs. Get rid of them Maks, Squash Bugs make plants wilt.


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Uh Oh, I saw a squash bug on some Smyrna the other day. I put some Bug B Gone all around the plants. Where they've eaten the leaf, the holes have turned brown all around the hole. I would have thought disease if I hadn't seen the bug munching the leaf.
 

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I think these are Squash Bug eggs. Get rid of them Maks, Squash Bugs make plants wilt.


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This is leaf damage I found on the Smyrna #9 plants with the squash bug on them. Is this caused by the bug? leaf 1.jpgleaf 2.jpgleaf 3.jpg
 

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Knucklehead, I think the suspect is Squash Bugs. There're a lot of photos about Squash Bug damage on the internet like the one below. I think the specific feature of a Squash Bug damage on a leaf is making the leaf look diseased.


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