Prepare to battle those fall bugs now
At the Fair Oaks Horticulture Center’s Herb Garden, the sweet alyssum was on its way out and now it’s gone. (Photo: Kathy Morrison) Sweet alyssum produces a lovely cloud of white blossoms in any...
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What’s eating your seedlings? Could be bagrada bugs
Female, left, and male bagrada bugs. The pests have been taking hold in California since 2008. (Photos courtesy UC IPM) What’s eating your cabbage and broccoli seedlings? According to several Sacramento accounts, it may...
What’s eating your kale? Look for harlequins
The harlequin bug eats and eats and eats. Heavy infestations will kill plants. (Photos courtesy UC Integrated Pest Management) This stink bug cousin loves many crops One day, the dino kale looked fine. The...
Harlequin bugs are no laughing matter
These harlequin bugs are on an Asian pear at the Fremont Community Garden in midtown Sacramento. These are mostly nymphs, An adult is next to the stem. (Photo: Debbie Arrington) This stink bug cousin...
Attack of (slow and stupid) alien invaders
Can you see the leaf-footed bugs? They tend to stay together. (Photo: Debbie Arrington) Leaf-footed bugs appear late this summer in Sacramento Alien pests were attacking my tomatillos! That was my immediate reaction when...