What are those brightly colored, shield-shaped insects in the vegetable garden? Are they friends or foes? Looking something like a fancy stinkbug, harlequin bugs suck the nutrients out of plant leaves ...

Q: For several springs in a row, my kale looks beat up by orange and black insects. How can I get rid of them for this season? A: It sounds like you have a population of harlequin bugs. These members ...

Harlequin bugs (Murgantia histrionica) are not clowns, jesters or jokers as their common name suggests. They are invasive, true bugs from the stink bug family. These ornately beautiful, black, ...

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