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Control Bronze Orange Bug - Treatment

Published

July 28, 2022

Author

Searles Gardening Team

How to control Bronze Orange Bug

These brightly coloured bronze orange bugs on citrus trees and flowers. They suck the sap from young stems and damage new growth. They give off a bad-smelling substance when threatened so its best to spray them with an approved systemic insecticide to control their numbers.  

Watch out for stink bugs

- A.K.A. Bronze Orange Bug.

They love citrus trees.

If infestation is severe on non-bearing and ornamental citrus, spray with Searles Conguard. Please note: This product is NOT registered for fruiting citrus trees.