Have you ever noticed a small, orange-and-black critters congregating on your summer vegetable plants? Similarly, have you encountered a larger one that appears to be wearing bell bottom pants? A ...

According to Dale Pollet, the leaf-footed plant bug, in their early stages of development, are often confused with the beneficial predator known as the assassin bug. The assassin bug will bite you and ...

Q: I was reading up on controlling the leaf-footed plant bugs on my pistachio and almond trees and came across a recommendation by the University of California to use a pesticide containing bifenthrin ...

If you have not been following my tweets, the leaf-footed plant bug that infests pomegranates, pistachios, tomatoes and almonds was reported to me about a month ago. The bugs’ numbers should be ...

Silly looking leaf-footed bugs (Leptoglossus phyllopus) have arrived to dine on my tomatoes. Some of the spidery sepals that perch like hats on tomatoes looked like they had multiplied several times ...

This column is written by the Master Gardeners of Yolo County each month. It provides answers to selected questions that recently came into the UCCE Master Gardener – Yolo County Help Desk. Question: ...

Q: The last couple of years, the fruit on my pom tree gets brown spots, and it is rotten inside. Any ideas? A: Yes, it’s likely that insects are feeding on your pomegranate fruit and the feeding ...

Why do gardeners need to identify garden bugs before taking action against them? When should we leave them to their natural activities? A look at assassin bugs, leaf footed bugs, squash bugs and stink ...

Stink bugs and leaf footed bugs are close cousins in biology and crime. They have similar life cycles. Both kinds of bugs have shield shaped bodies, stink glands and piercing-sucking mouth parts. They ...

Since relatively few plants really thrive in the Mojave Desert, we’d rather not share our limited bounty with insect pests. Around this time of year, however, gardeners who have pomegranate trees need ...

is a bug of many names, found to be known as: pumpkin bug, giant leaf-footed bug, giant spine-headed bug, and, according to one website, a "bad dude." They are known to feed on gourds, melons, and ...