I found these on my Brugmansia this morning all clustered together. My Brug is under a Birch tree, and the tree is full of it. Need ID, and what's the best way to control these?
CLOSED: Tons of these bugs.
Here is another picture of what I've seen in the tree.
These appear to nymphs of a stink bug (Hemiptera/Heteroptera: Pentatomidae), but I don't recognize the species. If they are doing harm to your plants, just about any contact insecticide registered for homeowner use on plants should control them.
This is one of the adult bug, I notice that most adult stay with the clutch until they are big enough to roam. I have many different one in my birch tree
This might be one of the so-called 'parent bugs' in the genus Elasmucha - see http://i.pbase.com/t2/94/339594/4/66285524.gGshO7Ri.jpg for an image of an adult and nymph. This species (Elasmucha lateralis) is known as the birch bug.
Do these also come in different colors, they look like the same bugs I get on my cactus and succulents? They actually burrow and leave cavities in the cactus and leave blisters on my optunia.
Datura I have some in different colors here too. Some has black, some are more beige color.
Most bugs do show some degree of individual variation in color, but I am not aware of any Elasmucha attacking cactus. There are some bugs that do so, however; see http://fireflyforest.net/firefly/2005/12/21/cactus-bug/ for an example. Could you take a photo of your cactus attackers and post it?
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