Found these tiny white barrel-shaped things neatly lined up on the underside of a leaf. They look like a microscopic drum set. Should I be worried?

makes sense to remove them before they become a bigger garden headache.

1. What those tiny barrel-shaped eggs probably are

Stink bug eggs are small, barrel-shaped, and usually laid in neat clusters on the underside of leaves. A typical cluster contains about 20 to 30 eggs, though some species lay fewer or more. Each egg is tiny, usually around 1 millimeter wide, so a whole batch can fit in a space smaller than a dime.

They’re often pale at first—white, cream, light yellow, or pale green—and they can look almost geometric