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Eggs and Nymphs
Eggs on spinach, May 5, 2014 (photo by Kyle Garrett).
Eggs and First instar nymphs on young elm tree, May 12, 2014 (photo by Chuck Ingels).
Egg mass and first instar nymphs on an olive leaf (photo by Charlie Pickett).
Nymphs on butterfly bush, June 3, 2014 (photo by Chuck Ingels).
Adults
Adult feeding on Brussels sprout leaf stalk (note inserted proboscis), 6/15/2015 (photo by Chuck Ingels). |
Adults feeding on sunflower head, 6/15/2015 (photo by Chuck Ingels). |
Large number of adults on large sunflower stalk, 6/15/2015 (photo by Chuck Ingels). |
Telltale sign of previous feeding (photo by Chuck Ingels). |
BMSB feeding en masse on Shamel ash tree trunk in midtown Sacramento, Sept. 8, 2015 (photo by Chuck Ingels). |
BMSB adults feeding on persimmon in midtown Sacramento, Sept. 11, 2015 (photo by Chuck Ingels). |
Large numbers of BMSB adults feeding on apple in midtown Sacramento, Sept. 11, 2015 (photo by Chuck Ingels). |
Excrement from recent BMSB feeding on apples in midtown Sacramento, Sept. 11, 2015 (photo by Chuck Ingels). |
Large numbers of BMSB adults feeding on stalk and seeds of mature sunflower in midtown Sacramento, Sept. 8, 2015 (photo by Chuck Ingels). |
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