2 different bugs on outdoor. What the hell is this thing?

So I am an Massachusetts. Got 6 outdoor plants. 15g pots. Was cleaning up the bottoms yesterday and noticed a little white furry bug. Looked like a small peice of cotton. I went to grab it and it jumped. I believe it may be woolly aphids? Couldn't get a pic of this one. But I also found this one that I attached a picture of. which I have no clue what that is. Weird looking bug.

I'd like to get on top of this before it gets out of control. If anybody could confirm the white jumper is woolly aphids and tell me what the picture I attached is that would be great. Should I spray everything down with water to try and get any bugs on the plants off or should I do a neem oil application?

What would you guys recommend to get rid if these intruders?

Thanks for any input
Much appreciated

Looks like some sort of pest. At he very least is a leaf miner at worse is a stem egg laying bastard. You could look up "garden pests" google images to get a better idea.

Apply liberal amounts of DE to the soil and up and into the plant.

Dmannn said:

Looks like some sort of pest. At he very least is a leaf miner at worse is a stem egg laying bastard. You could look up "garden pests" google images to get a better idea.

Apply liberal amounts of DE to the soil and up and into the plant.

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Thanks for the quick reply. Weird looking pest huh? Looks like it has a peice of cotton stuck to it. I did notice the ones I saw yesterday seemed they were on the stems and not the leafs. Should I spray down the plant with some water from a sprayer to knock off whatever ones are already on there before applying the de?

Thanks again

First, look over the plants to see what kind of activity is going on. Leaf munching, egg laying, stem boring ect.

Then wash them down early morning from the bottom up. Then apply DE as soon as the foliage drys, from the bottom up from the center out with the puffer. You can apply DE in the sun. The hotter and dyer the better. Try to remove or trim back any non essential foliage near the dirt or other neighboring plants.

You are trying to disturb the life cycle of the insect. The more difficult you make it for them the more likely they will leave.

Dmannn said:

First, look over the plants to see what kind of activity is going on. Leaf munching, egg laying, stem boring ect.

Then wash them down early morning from the bottom up. Then apply DE as soon as the foliage drys, from the bottom up from the center out with the puffer. You can apply DE in the sun. The hotter and dyer the better. Try to remove or trim back any non essential foliage near the dirt or other neighboring plants.

You are trying to disturb the life cycle of the insect. The more difficult you make it for them the more likely they will leave.

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Did a nice spray on plants this morning with hose. Hit the bottom good with the DE. My only concern with dusting all the foliage on top is not being able to tell if I get powder mildew or anything since the leaves Will have a white coating already.