An article dedicated to him in Le Parisien:
Beaujolais invaded by American bedbugs
This flying insect, which can measure up to two centimeters, is however harmless to humans.
Autumn takes with it its procession of rare insects. After the "diabolical bugs", observed in Paris, in the suburbs and in several departments, American bugs were detected on the Beaujolais side according to Le Progrès.
This insect from North America, which can measure up to two centimeters and is brown-red in color, has been seen by many inhabitants of Loire and Saône-et-Loire. "There are everywhere, in Cercié, Lantignié, Régnié-Durette ... We have a lot," testified one of them.
They attack conifers
Detected in France for the first time in 2005 - it was in Corsica - the so-called "pine" pushpin is perfectly harmless for humans and animals: it does not bite and does not spread disease, unlike the ferocious bedbugs of bed. From September to November, these bedbugs with long legs and antennae are looking for shelter to pass through the winter and sometimes rush en masse into homes.
However, the so-called Leptoglossus occidentalis can have a negative impact on its natural environment, especially on conifers. "It feeds on the seeds in the cones, by pricking them from its rostrum to suck out the lipid and protein reserves", explained in 2009 a review by the National Institute for Agronomic Research (INRA).
Warning, however, to those who would like to get rid of it. It is quite possible to eject them by hand or via a vacuum cleaner. Only, warns INRA, "just like for many other bedbugs, its sudden disturbance causes the emission of a foul odor ...".
Harmless for humans but whose impact is negative on conifers, which probably explains its presence in Beaujolais where spruce and Douglas-fir are very numerous.
The list of invasive species is starting to seriously increase, tiger mosquito (which should not cross the border!), Asian hornet, worms, Florida turtle, Seaweed Caulerpa Taxifolia and so on!
Do you have them at home?