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United States Department of Agriculture. USDA Climate Hubs.
The brown marmorated stink bug (BMSB), Halyomorpha halys, originally from East Asia, is an invasive pest that is present throughout much of the United States. It is attracted to the outside of houses on warm fall days in search of overwintering sites and can enter houses in large numbers. The brown marmorated stink bug is also a serious economic threat to fruit crops, garden vegetables, and many ornamentals. In a changing climate, agricultural losses from insect pests like BMSB are expected to increase.
USDA ARS scientists are fighting back by developing traps, sequencing the bug’s genome, and testing parasitic wasps as biocontrols. Midwest Climate Hub research fellow, Dr. Erica Kistner-Thomas is contributing to that fight through modeling the potential distribution and abundance of BMSB under future climate scenarios using a bioclimatic niche model. For more on Erica’s work, see: Climate Change Impacts on the Potential Distribution and Abundance of the Brown Marmorated Stink Bug (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) With Special Reference to North America and Europe.
Rutgers University. New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station.
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Selected Resources
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Council or Task Force
Washington State Recreation and Conservation Office. Washington Invasive Species Council.
Partnership
Federal Government
International Government
State and Local Government
Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. Division of Plant Industry.
Academic
Oregon State University. Extension Service.
Utah State University Extension; Utah Plant Pest Diagnostic Laboratory.
University of California - Riverside. Center for Invasive Species Research.
Pennsylvania State University. College of Agricultural Sciences. Entomology.
Citations
- Gariepy, T.D., T. Haye, H. Fraser, and J. Zhang. 2014. Occurrence, genetic diversity, and potential pathways of entry of Halyomorpha halys in newly invaded areas of Canada and Switzerland. Journal of Pest Science 87(1):17-28.
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Halyomorpha halys. [Accessed Feb 26, 2015].
- Khrimian, A., P.W. Shearer, A. Zhang, G.C. Hamilton, and J.R. Aldrich. 2008. Field trapping of the invasive brown marmorated stink bug, Halyomorpha halys, with geometric isomers of methyl 2,4,6-decatrienoate. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 56(1):197-203.