Twenty-five years after appearing in California, the glassy-winged sharpshooter remains public enemy number one on the grape growers’ list of vine-devastating insects.

A colony of glassy-winged sharpshooters -- half-inch-long insects that subsist on the fluids of various plants, including vines and fruit trees -- were discovered by Solano County agricultural ...

An infestation of vineyard-threatening glassy-winged sharpshooters was identified in Solano County earlier this month, officials say. The insect is a transmitter of Pierce’s Disease, which ...

July 17, 2025 — The Pierce’s Disease and Glassy-Winged Sharpshooter (PD/GWSS) Board has set the PD/GWSS Winegrape Assessment ...

Two live glassy-winged sharpshooters were found in nursery shipments from Santa Barbara and Ventura counties to Marin and Sonoma counties. The invasive pest feeds on more than 300 varieties of ...

It's a glassy-winged sharpshooter, a carrier of the grapevine-killing Pierce's disease. It's 10 miles from the nearest vineyards in Napa and Solano counties.

Asking who thinks they may have found a glassy-winged sharpshooter was urged to call the county agriculture department at (415) 473-6700 or (415) 473-4204.

Like a celebrity living on mineral water, the glassy-winged sharpshooter consumes only the sap of woody plants -- including grapevines in California, where it threatens prized vineyards. Now, in ...

It is considered a scourge of California agriculture, Public Enemy No. 1 for grape growers. So it might seem odd that Jake Blehm spends his days hunting the glassy-winged sharpshooter, not to kill ...

Latest Headlines Battle against sharpshooter intensifies Side view of a glassy-winged sharpshooter. (California Department of Food and Agriculture) ...

The glassy-winged sharpshooter is an insect so impressive when it pees it could inspire more efficient designs for water-resistant devices.