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?

can look popped open, leaving behind a cluster of empty little cups.

The newly hatched nymphs often hang around the egg mass at first, almost like a tiny group meeting. They don’t always spread out immediately. That short window is important, because if you miss the eggs but catch a clustered batch of baby nymphs, they’re still much easier to remove than mobile adults.

  1. The kind of plant damage stink bugs can cause

Stink bugs feed with piercing-sucking mouthparts. Instead of chewing holes, they puncture plant tissue and draw out

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