A: These are immature leaf-footed bugs (Leptoglossus pyllopus), close relatives to stinkbugs. They have similar piercing mouthparts. They will suck the fluids out of your ripening tomatoes and cause ...
DEAR NEIL: These insects have appeared on our green tomatoes. We’ve never seen them before. What should we do? Dear Reader: These are immature leaf-footed bugs (Leptoglossus phyllopus), close ...
Q. This bug, which I don’t recall ever seeing in my 30+ years of gardening in the northeastern San Fernando Valley, was all over my tomato plants this past summer. My questions are: What is it and ...
Leaf-footed bugs, Mozena obtusa Uhler, were observed feeding on immature mesquite pods in the Rolling Plains of Texas. A sleeve cage study, using various population densities of these insects, showed ...