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Brian Gallimore

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help me ID this armor-plated broccoli eating bug

« on: May 09, 2011, 10:21:23 PM »

Jason, I remember on one of your podcasts you were explaining about how to ID bugs. Can you tell what this one is:

http://northtexasvegetablegardeners.com/forum/index.php?topic=226.0

Am I correct when I say you need to kill bugs at their larval stage, or can they be controlled as adults also?


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Jason Akers

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Re: help me ID this armor-plated broccoli eating bug

« Reply #1 on: May 13, 2011, 09:47:49 PM »

Brian

I love doing this.

Looks like Harlequin Bug http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harlequin_cabbage_bug

I just bought a book Insects of North America and I'm trying to digest it all.

Its best to kill bugs at their larval stage. When you talk about things like beetles and stinkbugs, they are much easier fodder for predators BEFORE they develop defenses and hard shells. But there are predators and methods to kill them as adults as well, just much harder.

Jason


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