Evaluating monitoring and management strategies for the brown marmorated stink bug (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) a newly invaded insect pest of specialty crops in Florida

Authors: JAMES, SHARISE - Florida A & M University; HASEEB, MUHAMMAD - Florida A & M University; Legaspi, Jesusa; KANGA, LAMBERT - Florida A & M University

Submitted to: Meeting Abstract
Publication Type: Abstract Only
Publication Acceptance Date: 10/26/2021
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Technical Abstract: The brown marmorated stinkbug (BMSB), Halyomorpha halys (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) is an invasive pest that was first identified in the United Sates near Allentown, Pennsylvania in 2001. Over the years the BMSB has become a major pest of fruit trees and vegetable crops and causing millions of dollars in damage and control costs. The pest was recorded for the first time in June 2020 in Tallahassee in north Florida. Pyramid pheromones lure yellow color traps were used in the Leon County, Florida to capture and identify this new pest in the panhandle and its potential natural enemies already available in north Florida. The preliminary data in site 1 (chestnuts and persimmons) from the traps during summer and fall 2020 showed an average of 0.2 to1.3 adults/trap collected from June to September. No adults were recorded on 8 June, 15 June, and 17 August. Trap catches in site 2 (blueberries and grapes) in summer and fall 2020 showed an average of 0.3 to 1.0 adult/trap collected from June to August. In addition, observations on the potential biological control agents are being carried out to support the specialty crop growers in the Florida panhandle.