Signs of post-harvest and fall are evident. Temperatures are dropping. Almond harvest is 50 percent completed, pistachio collection is starting, walnuts are in the finishing stages of maturity and pecans are about half-filled.
Treatment by a physician isn’t usually needed for the bite of an assassin bug, a University of California Cooperative Extension advisor says, but it’s best not to touch one.
The pest was previously an issue only in cherries and apples, but has been observed in other commercial agricultural orchards and non-agricultural trees.
