What the heck is on my cactus?

[Neogeo]

I started to see spots on them 2 weeks ago,thought it was water burns...I went out there todat to see my patch under seige.
I don't know if ther are all the same type.(diff. age,or sex?)They are diffrent colors and shape ...Strange...

 

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[PBK]

They look like aphids.

http://www.ehow.com/how_5203418_kill-aphids-naturally.html

 

[Neogeo]

I thought so as well...They are like lil vampires..They have sucked a few pads dry!

 

[Michaelangelo]

Whatever they are they give me the creeps!!

 

[Seamuss]

Road Runner bait.

 

[stefen]

Next will be ants...ants use aphids as dairy cows...hence the honeydew or sticky droppings.

 

[mrsjuju]

Yucky! Just Yucky!
Can you put something on it?

 

[wolcottdigger]

Ladybugs love aphids!
I don't know if its to hot in Texas, do you ever see ladybugs in your neck of the woods.
http://www.growquest.com/free_ladybugs.htm

 

[packerbacker]

one word "Sevin"

 

[Neogeo]

Hot..Man it's been 100 or better for like 58 days in a row...

 

[Tank69]

cactus crabs

 

[River Rat]

one word "Sevin"

I agree.

RR

 

[extractor]

cactus crabs

A 200

 

[Tubecity]

Never seen critters like that. But I've used home-made brew like water with Dawn dish washing liquid,
a bunch of red pepper flakes & let it boil awhile & then let it steep awhile. I've sprayed this concoction
on vegetable plants & it either killed or kept away bugs feeding on them. Of course, we don't see too
many cactuses or cacti here in southwestern Pa. , so who knows if this will work on them.