Comments on: Painted Bugs from Africa mating in Mount Washington: Bagrada hilaris

By: African Painted Bug makes the LA Times | What's That Bug?

African Painted Bug makes the LA Times | What's That Bug? — Sun, 16 Jan 2011 16:37:14 +0000

[...] at LACC, sent us this clipping from the LA Times via the post office. The notice ran last week. What’s That Bug? first broke the story of this Invasive Exotic Stink bug species in 2009 when a healthy population was found eating and mating on the collard greens growing at our Mt [...]

By: Stinkbug Invasion | Everyday Biology

Stinkbug Invasion | Everyday Biology — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 22:22:44 +0000

[...] pesticides is to remove the infested plants, cultivate the soil to kill the unhatched eggs, and squash any bugs that remain. Painted Bug (Bagrada [...]

By: Painted Bugs Mating: Invasive species from Africa | What's That Bug?

Painted Bugs Mating: Invasive species from Africa | What's That Bug? — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 23:08:16 +0000

[...] naaman, We first reported on the Painted Bugs from Africa feeding on our own Collard Greens and Kale in Mount Washington, Los Angeles in July 2009. We [...]

By: African Painted Bugs: Invasive species spreading in California | What's That Bug?

Fri, 11 Sep 2009 13:20:11 +0000

[...] on our own Collard Greens and Kale this summer in our Mount Washington, Los Angeles garden. At that time, we identified it as the Painted Bug, Bagrada hilaris, an African Stink Bug that has been reported [...]