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, ...

July and August in the vegetable garden typically bring bountiful harvests of colorful vegetables. These are also the months when insect pests can really make their presence known, with plant and ...

In Virginia, crops such as grapes, sweet corn, and apples, have been under attack by the invasive brown marmorated stink bug since 2004; cabbage has also been affected, but by the harlequin stink bug.

Harlequin bugs can destroy a garden in a hurry. But they are actually just trying to tell you something: It’s time to change to heat-loving crops. Howard Garrett Some insects show up in the garden and ...