Harlequin bugs!!!

gardengalrn · August 21, 2006

The past few years I've had these in the garden but this year has been the worst ever. They are in such number that it's kinda scary, LOL. Also, last year they really just stayed around my brassica type plants and left everything else alone. I guess there are so many of them that they had to find something else to eat because literally every plant out there is covered. You can hear them eat! I was going to do some cleaning up out there after supper and couldn't bring myself to attack it with all those critters lurking around. YUCK

feldon30 · August 21, 2006

Handheld vacuum cleaner?

honu · August 22, 2006

Do you have any photos?

tjg911 · August 23, 2006

Just going from memory but I thought that HB were beneficials? Most beetles are excluding the dreaded cuke beetle.

tom

Polar_Lace · August 23, 2006

Stink Bugs & Harlequin Bugs

Related Species:

Boxelder Bugs

Soap Against Boxelder Bugs: Another Endorsement!

gardengalrn · August 23, 2006

I'll get some pics tomorrow but they are shown on that link above. They are definitely not beneficial. They can destroy a plant in no time, at least in my garden by their sheer numbers.

August 21, 2006	#1
gardengalrn Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2006 Location: Kansas, zone 5 Posts: 524	Harlequin bugs!!! The past few years I've had these in the garden but this year has been the worst ever. They are in such number that it's kinda scary, LOL. Also, last year they really just stayed around my brassica type plants and left everything else alone. I guess there are so many of them that they had to find something else to eat because literally every plant out there is covered. You can hear them eat! I was going to do some cleaning up out there after supper and couldn't bring myself to attack it with all those critters lurking around. YUCK __________________ ~Lori "Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be." -Abraham Lincoln

August 21, 2006	#2
feldon30 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2006 Location: Rock Hill, SC Posts: 5,346	Handheld vacuum cleaner? __________________ [SIZE="3"]I've relaunched my gardening website -- [B]TheUnconventionalTomato.com[/B][/SIZE] * [I][SIZE="1"]*I'm not allowed to post weblinks so you'll have to copy-paste it manually.[/SIZE][/I]

August 23, 2006	#5
Polar_Lace Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Z8b, Texas Posts: 657	Stink Bugs & Harlequin Bugs Related Species: Boxelder Bugs Soap Against Boxelder Bugs: Another Endorsement! __________________ It's not how many seeds you sow. Nor how many plants you transplant. It's about how many of them can survive your treatment of them.

August 23, 2006	#6
gardengalrn Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2006 Location: Kansas, zone 5 Posts: 524	I'll get some pics tomorrow but they are shown on that link above. They are definitely not beneficial. They can destroy a plant in no time, at least in my garden by their sheer numbers. __________________ ~Lori "Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be." -Abraham Lincoln

August 22, 2006	#3
honu Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Hawaii Posts: 270	Do you have any photos?

August 23, 2006	#4
tjg911 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: zone 5b northwest connecticut Posts: 2,570	Just going from memory but I thought that HB were beneficials? Most beetles are excluding the dreaded cuke beetle. tom