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 ...

A few slow-moving bugs have shown up in my house. Sometimes they fly a little. They’re about 1/2 -inch long and gray-brown. Do I need to spray? Are the hind legs flattened and do they look like a leaf ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Question: I have several pecan trees and some of the nuts this year have black spots on the nut and others have a soft brown film on part of the back of the nuts. What causes these problems and what ...

What’s attacking these tomatoes? They’re leaf-footed bugs, a kind of stink bug that overwinters in tomato vines, too. UnChu Littlefield A little cleanup now will prevent problems next spring and ...

It's hard to ignore leaf-footed bugs. They're big, with long legs and antennae and a tubular, piercing "beak." When viewed from above, they seem to have a "X" marked across their backs. Their most ...