Researchers Aim to Cut Through the Complexity of Managing Early-Season Crop Pests
Assessing the potential risk of minor, sporadic early-season pests is challenging. A new collection of profiles in the Journal of Integrated Pest Management aims to help growers and IPM professionals make more-informed decisions about whether methods such as preventative insecticide seed treatments are warranted.
A New Stink Bug Species Named After a Stink Bug Person
A newly described species of stink bug is named in honor of distinguished entomologist and stink-bug expert Jay McPherson, Ph.D., whose advice to an early-career entomologist led to the specimen being deemed its own species rather than a subspecies.
Two New Stink Bug Species Named for Dragons From Game of Thrones
Two Chilean species of stink bugs were named after Drogon and Viserion, dragons of the TV series "Game of Thrones
Do You Know the Harlequin Bug’s Favorite Color?
By Josh Lancette Ever wondered what a harlequin bug’s favorite color is? Some researchers from Virginia Tech and the USDA-Agricultural Research Service now have an answer. To help improve trapping […]
Stink Bugs: New IPM Guide for Midwestern Corn, Soybean Growers
Farmers in the midwestern United States have been battling increasing infestations from a variety of stink bug species in recent years, and now they have a new free resource for […]
Temperature Affects Stink Bugs More than Any Other Factors
By Richard Levine Many things can affect the size and range of insect populations, including the climate, the availability of food sources, and the absence or presence of predators. But […]
Stink Bugs Lay Dark or Light Eggs, Depending on Amount of Light
Female stink bugs lay eggs that are sometimes dark and sometimes light, depending on the amount of light on the surface of the egg-laying area. The newly discovered adaptation may […]
Stink Bugs’ Tree Host Preferences May Provide Management Clues
By Kevin Fitzgerald Since its discovery in Pennsylvania in 1998, the brown marmorated stink bug (Halyomorpha halys), an invasive species native to eastern Asia, has swept into most U.S. states, […]
Stink Bugs as Biocontrol Agents Against … Stink Bugs
By Chris Patrick Imagine combating stink bugs with … stink bugs. Halyomorpha halys, the brown marmorated stink bug (BMSB), is a notorious, non-native agricultural pest — an indiscriminate destroyer of […]
Green Alternatives May Control Stink Bugs and Help Monarch Butterflies
Dr. Patricia Glynn Tillman, an entomologist with the U.S. Department of Agriculture in Tifton, Georgia, has found a green alternative for controlling various stink bugs that attack crops, which may […]
Entomologists Use Dogs to Hunt Down Stink Bugs
Last year at Entomology 2013, the 60th Annual Meeting of the Entomological Society of America, scientists from the U.S. Department of Agriculture gave a presentation called “Exploring Overwintering Ecology of […]
Stink Bug Traps in Gardens may Increase Damage to Tomatoes
The invasive brown marmorated stink bug (Halyomorpha halys) is an important pest of fruits and vegetables. To counter them, some home gardeners use pheromone-baited traps that are designed to attract, […]
Rearing Stink Bugs for Biological Control
Many people think of stink bugs as pests, especially as the brown marmorated stink bugs spreads throughout the U.S. However, certain stink bugs are beneficial, such as Podisus nigrispinus (Dallas), […]
Stink Bugs Invading Homes Before Winter
The brown marmorated stink bug (BMSB), an invasive insect from Asia, was first collected in the U.S. in Allentown, PA in 1998. Since then it has spread to more than […]
Stink Bugs May be Good for Something After All
These invasive stinkers may actually help feed some native insects by wounding plants, which then leak sap that wasps and ants can feed on.