Florida BMSB Information

September 20, 2012 Insect ID Lab at the University of Florida

Experts at the University of Florida are available to help identify any insect. Residents of Florida may send specimens to the Insect ID Lab for identification. Source: University of Florida.

April 3, 2017 Send a Suspected BMSB Specimen to Rutgers University

If you believe that you have captured a BMSB and would like an expert to identify it, mail in your specimen and the Rutgers Department of Entomology will contact you for verification. Source: Rutgers University.

March 16, 2012 Stink Bugs Migrating to the Deep South

Recently BMSB was detected in South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida, where farmers grow juicy vegetable and citrus crops the bugs are known to destroy. Source: Washington Post, Mar. 16, 2012.

July 1, 2013 New Bugs in Florida Stymie Researchers, Threaten Crops

New invasive species, such as the brown marmorated stink bug, are being studied at the biosecurity lab at the University of Florida. Source: NPR News, June 26, 2013.