Bordered Plant Bug (Largus succinctus)
| Order: | Hemiptera (he-MIP-ter-a) (Info) |
| Family: | Largidae |
| Genus: | Largus |
| Species: | succinctus |
Regional
This bug has been reportedly found in the following regions:
Members' Notes:
| Rating | Content |
|---|---|
| Neutral | On May 5, 2020, elarciel from Trail, OR wrote: Gardening in S. Oregon and the population of these critters has exploded over the past 2 years. I hate to kill bugs for no reason, but the chickens won't touch them and I think they're the reason I didn't get any blackberries last year. Just found out that soapy water sprayed directly on them kills them, so unfortunately for the bordered plant bugs on my berries, the spray is on. |
| Positive | On Dec 9, 2019, DJC420 wrote: I've been wondering what type of bug this was for a few weeks now. I live near Olympia WA and have never seen one before until a few weeks ago when I spotted one one my indoor marijuana plant. He doesn't seem to be doing any physical damage to the plant what so ever but was just curious as to what he's actually feeding on and what, if any, effects he might have on it. Any info about him would be welcomed, thanks. |
| Neutral | On Aug 16, 2018, Victorianpyr from Lynchburg, VA wrote: I just found an entire leaf-ful of the red nymphs on a bindweed plant I was pulling up here in Virginia. Never saw them before! |
| Neutral | On Sep 18, 2017, AllenAtlGA from Marietta, GA wrote: Seconding the comment about these bugs being in GA. Found one in my Marietta, GA garden today. |
| Neutral | On Apr 26, 2017, dkistner1111 from Athens, GA wrote: Found two of these bugs today in my newly built Athens, GA, raised garden bed, near a wooded area with mostly pines. Pine straw mulch around the beds. This is my first spring here, so I don't know if they were here before. They looked very fat, and I disposed of them. |
| Negative | On Jul 1, 2016, Oregonpeg from Florence, OR wrote: Add Oregon to your list, please. We are in the Central OR coast, and I've seen them a LOT in Mapleton and Deadwood. Last year saw definite damage to beans, and I'm seeing them on raspberries now. |
| Negative | On Jul 4, 2015, Jimbear from SHASTA, CA wrote: For the second year in a row, this bug's population (near Redding, CA) is literally exploding in mid-summer. They go after a lot of things, but damage to tomatoes has been my biggest complaint. A few days before a tomato is ready to pick, they find it. Unchecked, hundreds of the tiny larvae or a dozen adults may cover a single tomato. Of course, it's ruined. |
| Negative | On Aug 4, 2013, GlenVonhoff from Murgon, We live in South East Queensland, Australia, and we have a bug which I am unable to identify (can't find how to ask a question on Dave's Garden) but it looks very much like the Bordered Plant Bug from the USA. It is about 12 mm long, 6 legs, with an orange body, brown wings with about 25% of the wings darker near the tips forming a sort of shield. They have two quite long feelers. We have millions of them in our house roof, gutters, etc. They sometimes drop to the ground when threatened and play dead for a few seconds before trying to escape. Can anyone help me? We have been spraying them with household insecticides. |
| Negative | On Sep 20, 2009, gardenerjmarie from Loomis, CA wrote: We are studying this bug in IPM class. Can cause dimpled top of fruit (as pear, from early season sucking), tiny white spots on top of tomatoes. That may be acceptable for home garden but not if you're marketing. Also can suck out, flatten the cells of berries, and I think they make berries taste bad that they've crawled over. I have always had them here but suffcient predators that they don't seem to be a serious problem . Will clean up my veg garden more thoroughly for the winter, however, to help stop overwintering. Yes, the little shiny black bugs running around are juvenile forms. (Also has a red or metallic blue stage for some forms.) |
| Negative | On Aug 24, 2009, Katherine_in_CA from Redding, CA wrote: This bug is infesting the property that I live on! It has not (that I've seen) damaged my veggie garden, but it does eat the various fruit on the property (apple and plum). They are in large numbers here, they crawl all over everything, I see them on the walls of my hay barn, garage, house, the garden, the trees, shrubs, etc. I just now found out what they are called, and that the little black one is the nymph - and all this time I thought they were two different species! We recently had a large tree fall for reason's unknown - so I was concerned when I saw them starting to appear in large numbers from the beginning of August onward. My knowledge of bugs is quite infinitesimal .... so I am still not sure if this is a "bad" bug, or a "helpful" bug .... is there way to thin their population ... read more |
| Negative | On May 15, 2009, rogerjack34 from Sonoma, CA wrote: I have bordered plant bugs in my organic vegetable garden. I live in the hills west of the city of Sonoma, CA at 900 foot elevation. They are mating now. I do not see anything unusual as far as plant damage. My pears and pit fruit are just starting to have 1 inch fruit on them. What do I do to control the bug? |
| Negative | On Sep 24, 2008, trockyh from Penn Valley, CA wrote: I have this insect in my garden and it has destroyed much of my garden. They have eaten corn, tomato, squash and just about anything else. I put a couple blue berries in pots that had blueberries and they ate the fruit. There are thousands and I don't know how to get rid of them. The nymphs and adults are sucking everything. I need help. |
| Neutral | On Jun 15, 2007, mjfulgham from Madison, MS wrote: These bugs are everywhere in my yard and my neighborhood. I could not identify them because I was trying to identify the nymph, which was what I was seeing. I also added pictures of the nymph. |
| Neutral | On Aug 12, 2006, Magpye from NW Qtr, AR (Zone 6a) wrote: These bugs are about 1/2 inch (14-17 mm) long, steel blue in color, and have reddish-yellowish markings. |
