Control Leaffooted Bugs on Tomato Plants

Control Leaffooted Bugs on Tomato Plants

By Peggy d’Hemecourt Advanced Master Gardener – Earth-Kind ® Few crops are more cherished during the warm growing season than tomatoes. Whether vine ripened or picked when the skin is beginning to turn from green to red and ripened indoors, the  flavor and juiciness beat store-bought tomatoes, hands-down. That home-grown goodness can be spoiled, though, by the arrival of leaffooted bugs, Leptoglossus sp.  Leaffooted bugs are large, brownish to gray, with flat backs that are shield shaped. […]