from the leaf itself. But if they’re on plants you care about—especially tomatoes, peppers, beans, cucumbers, okra, apples, peaches, or ornamental shrubs—you’ll want to decide fairly quickly whether to leave them or remove them.
In my garden, I think of it this way: one egg cluster today can turn into 20 to 30 feeding nymphs in less than a week during warm weather. If the plant is already stressed from heat, uneven watering, or hail, that extra feeding pressure can show up fast in the form of damaged fruit and
