Tracking the Brown Marmorated Stink Bug

This new video shows growers and others how to identify BMSB, why this pest is important in agriculture, and what’s at stake if we don’t stop it.

 

May 14, 2013 Designing Stink Bugs Out of Landscapes

Researchers want to know whether the brown marmorated stink bug can be designed out of landscapes.

May 7, 2013 Environmental outlook: stink bugs

The Diane Rehm Show takes a look at the biology and ecology of stink bugs and efforts to control their invasion. Source: The Diane Rehm Show, WAMU, May 7, 2013

May 6, 2013 Researchers study unleashing wasp to crush stink bug invasion

Researchers at Oregon State University are trying to make sure the brown marmorated stink bug doesn't overtake Oregon farmlands. Source: KATU.com, May 6, 2013

April 29, 2013 Stink bugs: the scientific battle against an insect invasion

Could a tiny wasp be the ultimate weapon in the battle against the foreign bug invasion? Source: BBC News, April 25, 2013

April 16, 2013 Stink bugs spread to 39 states, pest population soars 60 percent

While the invasive Asian stink bug continues to spread, Italian stink bugs were spotted hitching a ride in a load of ceramic tile. Source: Washington Examiner, April 16, 2013

April 8, 2013 Spring blooms, and so do the creepy crawlies

USDA entomologist Tracy Leskey discusses brown marmorated stink bugs and the efforts to stop them. Michael Raupp has the story of a big brood of cicadas that is set to emerge up and down the East Coast. Source: NPR, All Things Considered, April 6, 2013.

March 1, 2013 Stinkbug threat has farmers worried

Asian stinkbugs devour American crops, but are predator wasps the answer? Source: National Geographic, March 1, 2013