Pepper pest in Tampa
coffeemom
10 years ago
My daughter is growing peppers on her balcony in Tampa. She needs help on ID and treatment of this pest. I should know this but I can only guess...soft scale? There must be honeydew that attracts the ants. Or it's a caterpillar of some sort. Help?
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