Bugs on Hawthorne? Suggestions?

JAMES D SMITH

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Jun 7, 2016, 4:01:40 PM6/7/16

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Hi Folks,

While out for a walk in my nature garden I found the following baby bugs looking pretty intent on a batch of eggs on the underside of a leaf on my Winter King Hawthorne. Any suggestions from the insect literate? I've removed the leaf but have not destroyed it in case they are doing me a favor.

Thanks,

Jim

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Amy Hill

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Jun 7, 2016, 4:10:42 PM6/7/16

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Hi Jim,

Those are Harlequin cabbage bugs. Here is a link to an article:

http://entnemdept.ufl.edu/creatures/veg/leaf/harlequin_bug.HTM

Amy Hill

Kalama, WA

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Lisa Millbank

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Jun 7, 2016, 4:18:31 PM6/7/16

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Hi Jim,

I think they are Brown Marmorated Stink Bugs (Halyomorpha halys). There's a photo of hatchlings on this page: http://www.stopbmsb.org/stink-bug-basics/life-stages/ that looks very similar to your photos. We have a lot of these in our yard.

Lisa Millbank

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JAMES D SMITH

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Jun 7, 2016, 4:26:54 PM6/7/16

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Lisa et all,

Thank you for the reply; given the egg case characteristic is most similar to the stink bug, and the cabbage bug is reportedly rare north of Colorado, that must be the bug. Thank you, and I'll go out and dispose of the critters.

Jim

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Hi Jim,

I think they are Brown Marmorated Stink Bugs (Halyomorpha halys). There's a photo of hatchlings on this page: http://www.stopbmsb.org/stink-bug-basics/life-stages/ that looks very similar to your photos. We have a lot of these in our yard.

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