Photo of Harlequin Cabbage Bug

-- The harlequin cabbage bug (Murgantia histrionica) also known as calico bug or fire bug is a true bug of the family Pentatomidae. Found throughout most of North America they can be a major pest to crops such as broccoli, cabbage, radish, the ornamental flower cleome, and numerous others. Nymphs are active during the summer and in the South they can achieve 3 generations a year. In the North there is only 1 generation a year and the insects overwinter as adults.