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harlequin bug

A flat-bodied, brightly colored stinkbug (Murgantia histrionica) of North and Central America that is destructive to cabbage and other cruciferous plants.

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harlequin bug

(Animals) a brightly coloured heteropterous insect, Murgantia histrionica, of the US and Central America: a pest of cabbages and related plants: family Pentatomidae

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har′lequin bug`

a black stink bug, Murgantia histrionica, with red and yellow markings, that is a pest of cabbages and related plants.

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Don't let the harlequin bug's red and black clown suit fool you.

Clown-colored harlequin bugs are no joke

Harlequin bug, Murgantia histrionica (Hahn) (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae), is a specialist herbivore of cruciferous vegetables (Brassicaceae) and is an important pest of cole crops (Brassicale: Brassicaceae) in the USA (McPherson & McPherson 2000; Wallingford et al.

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The community consists of the harlequin bug (Murgantia histrionica; Hemiptera: Pentatomidae), a herbivore on bladderpod (Isomeris arborea; Capparaceae), and two specialist parasitoids (Trissolcus murgantiae; Hymenoptera: Scelionidae and Ooencyrtus johnsonii; Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae) that attack the bug's eggs.

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Front: This shimmery, glimmery harlequin bug may look a bit like a shiny beetle.

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Featherweight row cover held aloft with hoops or stakes is the easiest way to protect actively growing kale and collard greens from cabbageworms, harlequin bugs, grasshoppers and other summer insects.

All about growing kale & collards

In summer, brightly marked harlequin bugs and grasshoppers can devastate young plants.

All about growing cabbage

This will reduce pests such as squash bugs and harlequin bugs, which overwinter as adults in plant debris, as do Mexican bean beetles and some other pests.

What to do in winter: six top crops for winter harvests, plus how to build better soil and get ready for spring

(Choose a spring variety of lettuce like 'Red Salad Bowl' or 'Blackseeded Simpson.') Check overwintered greens for brilliant red and black harlequin bugs and handpick before they spread.

Timely gardening tips for where you live

Remove old kale, mustard and turnip plants before harlequin bugs have a chance to reproduce, and plant successions of radishes, peas, lettuce, spinach, beets, carrots and Chinese greens.

Timely gardening tips for where you live. (gardeners almanac)

To trap harlequin bugs next spring, try planting a mix of kale, turnips and mustard as an edible cover crop.

Timely gardening tips for where you live. (Gardeners almanac)

In early July, try running chickens in your old brassicas for two weeks to control harlequin bugs. Harvest potatoes when the tops die down.