What and why are the little green bugs eating my cayenne peppers?

You're most likely dealing with Green Peach Aphids. They like peppers.

The green peach aphid (Myzus persicae) is a common pest of cole crops, peppers and many fruit trees. Aphid nymphs appear very similar to the un-winged adult with yellowish-green pear-shaped bodies and black legs and antennae. The body of the winged form is much slimmer with large oval shaped clear wings. The winged form may also have black markings on its body. The rear of the green peach aphid has 3 extrusions of the body wall called cornicles.

The green peach aphid has piercing sucking mouthparts, and feeds by inserting these mouthparts into plant tissue and sucking out the sap. This injures plants in three ways. First, feeding interferes with proper nutrient transfer in the plant. Second, the green peach aphid can transmit over 100 plant diseases, including cucumber mosaic virus on peppers. Finally, aphids produce a large amount of excrement called honey dew because of its high sugar content. Honey dew sticks to the leaves and often becomes a substrate for fungus, which causes smutting of leaves and fruit.

Plants injured by aphid feeding will have leaves that appear curled, distorted and discolored. Small to medium sized aphid populations are easily overlooked. In some cases the first sign of infestation is distortion as a result of one of the mosaic viruses the aphids transmit. Other common signs are leaves that appear wet but are actually covered with honey dew and the presence of a black sooty fungus growing on the honey due. Aphid populations can increase very quickly and it is not uncommon under the right conditions to find hundreds of aphids per plant.

Insecticides will not slow the spread of most aphid-transmitted plant viruses. Certain mineral oil formulations, if applied strictly according to the label before 5%-10% infection, may delay spread of these viruses by interfering with the attachment of virus to the aphid's mouthparts.

Reflective aluminum mulches will deter aphids from landing on plants. The effect is lost once plants are large enough to cover the mulch.

Parasitic wasps, ladybugs, syrphid fly larvae, and lacewing larvae attack aphids that reproduce on the crop. In humid weather, fungi may kill many aphids.

Your best bet would be to set up the reflective aluminum to discourage them from landing on your plants and you should also buy about 2 dozen ladybugs. I've seen how effective ladybugs can be; I grew up next to a farm and saw ladybugs on the plants all the time. They worked wonders!

They seem to be either aphids or spider mites. I don't like to use alot of chemicals on veggies so I use an insecticidal soap spray for both. It interferes with their digestion when they try to eat the leaves. If the infestation is really bad it could do some damage to the plants and stunt the production of the peppers, but it probably won't kill them. Make sure to spray the underside of the leaves since this is where they tend to be and lay their eggs. I doesn't hurt to hose them off every day until the problem is minimized.

Ladybugs love to eat aphids, so get yourself to the nearest nursery, home maintenance store that has a good outdoor section, or possibly even a pet shop that sells crickets and ladybugs, and bring home a few bags to scatter around your plants. That way you won't have to worry about eating the peppers that have been sprayed with pesticides or treated with powders, and ladybugs are a charming addition to the garden too!

The best thing and most natural response is to purchase lady bugs they will eat up all the aphids. They are the natural predator of the aphids and they do not harm anything in the environment.

Well If you don't mind other bugs try buying a praying mantis egg sack(orthcae). They should spert anywhere from 50 to 300 baby mantids depending on the type. They wont harm any plants, there fun to keep around, and they absolutely LOVE aphids. They're territorial when in comes to well stocked food areas meaning they'll stay as long as they have food around. As soon as they run out of food(aphids or fruit flies~Nat's~) they leave off on their own. And if they do stick around long enough to grow up they start to attack things bigger than them like slugs or pesky Beatles. They're really a charm to have around. And like I said before they wont harm your plants(but may crawl on them). They're carnivores so they only eat meat and you can buy them online as an egg sack or some places will see already grown adults. I hope I could help out.

EDIT~ Do NOT mix Mantids and ladybugs. Mantids eat anything they can catch and they're lightning fast at attacking when food is in range so never mix the two. They tend to stay away from pillow spiders(the good spiders that eat bad bugs). And they like to gang up on moths when they're babies so if you have a moth problem too. I've also heard that lady bugs in bunches have problems attracting birds because of they're color but they are on colored peppers so that may not imply. I know about Mantids because I study and raise them and it's only about $10. for 100-300 of them.

Note: They generally don't reproduce by themselves(though it is entirely possable), because the males are somewhat shy and a hungry female wouldn't hesitate to take down a male for a feast. Female mantids are much bigger than males and may eat them if not fed but if your pepper garden has enough aphids you wont have any problems with canibalism.

People often recommend sprays made using household soap; usually dish soap. While it is effective for killing aphids, mites, and such, it also kills good critters like bees and ladybugs.

Please, only use soap sprays on indoor plants!!!!!

Mentioning lady bugs, they can be your best friend when it comes to fighting aphids. You can actually purchase mass numbers of ladybugs and release them into your yard. It's easy and very effective over the short and long-term.

Your ladybugs will lay eggs and new ones will hatch. Make sure you know what the larva ladybugs look like too, so that you don't kill them off. They also kill aphids. They look kinda like little wee crocodiles.

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Yes, I do this! :) I usually add about 1/8 tsp cayenne pepper, 1/2 tsp black pepper, 1/8 tsp salt, and a bit of butter to my air popped popcorn. It tastes wonderful :)

I am not too sure what the bugs are, but try a natural approach of getting rid of them. Go to a greenhouse, and see if they sell ladybugs. Yes, that is right ladybugs. Ladybugs eat most insects that are tiny and thrive on plant 'juice'. Get at least 25 ladybugs and they will eat the insects, not the plants. When all the bugs are gone, the ladybugs will fly away.

yes aphids, try a garlic spray on and around all the plants. It keeps away most bugs and wont harm the plants.