New York BMSB Information

February 18, 2013 Send a Suspected BMSB Specimen to Cornell University

If you believe that you have captured a BMSB and would like an expert to identify it, mail your specimen to Cornell University’s Hudson Valley Laboratory, Department of Entomology, 3357 Route 9W, Highland, NY 12528, or email a clear image to bmsbproject@cornell.edu. They will contact you for verification and add your specimen to the map showing the increasing presence of this insect throughout New York State. Source: Cornell University.

October 3, 2017 Field Guide to Stink Bugs (PDF)

This full-color guide provides identification information for stink bugs of agricultural importance in the upper southern region and mid-Atlantic states. Source: Virginia Cooperative Extension.

February 21, 2017 Map: iMapInvasives New York

Public map allows users to view BMSB distribution in the state, or register to report a sighting.

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.

November 17, 2015 Diagnosing Stink Bug Injury to Vegetables

In the mid-Atlantic, vegetable crops are attacked by several different stink bug species. The primary pest species include the brown marmorated stink bug, brown stink bug, green stink bug, and harlequin bug. Source: Virginia Cooperative Extension, November 2015.

March 17, 2017 Scientists May Have Found a Way to Get Rid of Pesky Stink Bugs

Scientists are set to release a natural enemy to the crop-killing bugs this summer. Source: Rochester First, Mar. 17, 2017.

March 16, 2017 The Battle of the Bugs: Wasps to Combat Upstate Stink Bugs

When brown marmorated stink bugs strike Rochester, New York, again this year, they will very likely meet their most formidable foe yet. Source: Democrat & Chronicle, Mar. 16, 2017.

March 7, 2017 Stink Bug Killers: Scientists to Release Samurai Wasps

The discovery of Trissolcus japonicus in Ulster County is likely to speed approval for the rearing and release of wasps in New York State. Source: Poughkeepsie Journal, Mar. 6, 2017.

October 12, 2015 Stink Bugs: Attacking Orchards, Invading Harrison Homes

Red Delicious apples are their favorite food this fall; attics and walls are their favorite places to tuck in for the winter. Source: Harrison Patch, Oct. 12, 2015.

June 17, 2012 Really Bugging Us: Invasive Insects Threatening Area's Trees, Crops

The brown marmorated stink bug and the emerald ash borer are two invasive species that are threatening the Hudson Valley’s environment and economy. Source: Daily Freeman, June 17, 2012.

October 18, 2011 Cornell Researchers Attack a Stinker of a Pest; iPhone Users Can Help Track the Invader

The Northeastern IPM Center will lead national outreach and education, while Art Agnello ’74, professor of entomology at the NYS Agricultural Experiment Station in Geneva, NY, will study the impact of BMSB as it colonizes new habitats. Source: Cornell Chronicle, Oct. 18, 2011.