Pupa identification - Ask Extension
I recently moved some plants from one greenhouse to another. The original home had no bugs other than beneficial mites in the soil. Two days after t...
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Pupa identification #756869
Asked June 17, 2021, 4:02 PM EDT
I recently moved some plants from one greenhouse to another. The original home had no bugs other than beneficial mites in the soil. Two days after the move to the new greenhouse, I found this on one of the leaves.
I have also seen some on the top of two of my outdoor tomatoes.
None of my farmer friends are familiar with them and one suggested I reach out to you. They are about 1/2 the size of a grain of rice. The close ups are using a digital microscope.
Lane County Oregon
Expert Response
Thanks for your patience. We passed this photo along to an entomologist and that took a few days. Consensus was that this doesn't look like an insect pupa but is more likely to be a seed (unknown plant).
Since it has been a few days-has anything changed?