Brown Marmorated Stink Bug Information
Species: Halyomorpha halys (Stål)
Stink Bugs in the News
- Native Parasitoids Hold Promise in Stink Bug Defense (Researchers teach workshop participants to recognize natural enemies of brown marmorated stink bug, Apr. 2012)
- Stink Bugs Migrating to the Deep South (Washington Post, Mar. 2012)
- Storms May Have Killed Off Many Stink Bugs (Baltimore Sun, Feb. 2012)
- Out of Odor: Offensive-Smelling Bugs Put U.S. Farmers on the Defensive (Wall Street Journal, Jan. 2012)
- A Stinker of a Pest: IPM Researchers, Educators Team Up Against Brown Marmorated Stink Bug (USDA SCRI program awards $5.7 million for project to help growers cope, Dec. 2011)
- Economic Cost of Stink Bugs (C-SPAN interview with IPM Working Group members, Sept. 2011)
- Stink Bug Research Continues (video from West Virginia Public Broadcasting, Aug. 2011)
- Invasive Bugs Making a Bigger Stink (Washington Post, Aug. 2011)
- EPA Approves Two Insecticides for Control of Invasive Stink Bug (EPA press release, June 2011)
- Stink Bug Invasion: Is a Wasp the Solution to Save Valued Crops? (PBS NewsHour, May 2011)
- Mid-Atlantic Dreads Bad Summer of Foul, Hungry Stink Bugs (New York Times, May 2011)
- Stink Bug Spread Worries Growers Across Nation (ABC News, May 2011)
- Can Wasps Squash the Stink Bug Plague? (NPR, Apr. 2011)
- The Return of the Stink Bugs (Washington Post, Apr. 2011)
- Stink Bugs: It Could Be Worse (New York Times, Apr. 2011)
- Brown Marmorated Stink Bug Causes $37 Million In Losses To Mid-Atlantic Apple Growers (American Fruit Grower, Apr. 2011)
- Stink Bugs Invade Homes, Are Called Menace to Agriculture (Good Morning America and ABC News, Apr. 2011)
- Stink Bugs Meet Their Nemesis in Asian Wasp (USA Today, Mar. 2011)
- Beware the Stink Bug: Pungent Pest on the Rise (USA Today, Mar. 2011)
- Tiny Wasps Could Curb a Massive Stink Bug Invasion (Baltimore Sun/Miami Herald, Feb. 2011)
- Stink Bugs Invade Homes, Damage Crops (Discovery News, Oct. 2010)
- Stink Bug Invasion (NPR Science Friday, Oct. 2010)
- Move Over, Bedbugs: Stink Bugs Have Landed (New York Times, Sept. 2010)
- Move Over Bed Bugs; Stink Bugs Are the New Bug in Town (ABC News, Sept. 2010)
- Invasion of Stink Bugs Has Homeowners, Farmers Seeking Relief (Washington Post, Sept. 2010)
How to Identify, Monitor, and Manage Stink Bugs
- Stink Bug Management with Trap Crops on Organic Farms archived webinar (eOrganic at eXtension.org)
- Organic Management of Brown Marmorated Stink Bug (Michigan State University)
- Monitoring for the Brown Marmorated Stink Bug (Rutgers Univ.)
- How to Identify the Brown Marmorated Stink Bug (Rutgers Univ.)
- How to Control the Brown Marmorated Stink Bug (Rutgers Univ.)
- BMSB App at iTunes - a free tool created by Rutgers entomologists.
- Pest Alert: Brown Marmorated Stink Bug (Northeastern IPM Center)
- Brown Marmorated Stink Bug Control: Keeping Stink Bugs Out of Your House (video) (Home and Garden Information Center/Univ. of Maryland Extension)
- Brown Marmorated Stink Bug Bulletin (PDF) and Fact Sheet (PDF) (Pest Threats/Univ. of Maryland Extension)
- Brown Marmorated Stink Bug in Maryland (PDF) (Univ. of Maryland Extension)
- BMSB Fact Sheet and Brochure (Pennsylvania IPM Program)
- Eastern NY Brown Marmorated Stink Bug Project (Hudson Valley Regional Fruit Program)
- BMSB in New Hampshire (UNH Cooperative Extension)
- BMSB Tracking Tool (Stinkbug-Info.org)
- Penn State Stink Bug Monitoring Tool Expands Nationwide
Stink Bug Presentations
IPM Working Group Meeting, November 2011
- Soybean Insect Pest Management Update - Herbert (PDF)
- The Efficacy of Outdoor Traps: Location, Placement and Timing - Inkley (PDF)
- AgBio BMSB Tests: DE, MD, NJ, PA, VA - Meneley (PDF)
- IR-4 BMSB Efficacy Study - Lurvey (PDF)
- Strube's Stink Bug Traps - Strube (PDF)
- BMSB Insecticide Efficacy: Research on Vegetables in Virginia - Kuhar (PDF)
IPM Working Group Meeting, June 2011
- BMSB in South Korea - Park (PDF)
- Kusagikamemushi in Japan - Short (PDF)
- Halyomorpha halys in China - Zhang (PDF)
- Vulnerability of Apple and Peach Fruit to BMSB: Temporal Effects - Joseph (PDF, 9.6 MB)
- Early Season Incidence of Brown Marmorated Stink Bug in NJ Fruit Crops - Polk (PDF)
- Update on BMSB Presence in NYS - Peter Jentsch (Video)
- Status of Ongoing Projects in NJ - Hamilton (PDF)
- Intensity and Characteristics of a Home Invasion: A Case Study - Inkley (PDF, 12 MB)
- BMSB Update in PA Fruit - Krawczyk (PDF)
- Insecticide Toxicity Data from Virginia and Research in 2011 - Kuhar (PDF, 14 MB)
- Development of Organic Management Plans for BMSB - Grieshop (PDF)
- Impact of Specific Management Programs on BMSB Injury in Commercial Orchards - Wright (PDF)
- Evaluation of Insecticide-Based Management Options for BMSB in VA Apple and Peach Orchards - Bergh (PDF, 6.6 MB)
- Development of Trap-Based Monitoring: A Critically Needed Tool for the Grower Community - Leskey (PDF)
- Blacklight Trapping of BMSB in NJ and Monitoring Network in MI - Nielsen (PDF)
- BMSB Solutions: How the IR-4 Project Can Help, Starner (PDF)
- Plant Health Regulatory Perspective: BMSB, Dowdy (PDF)
ESA Eastern Branch Meeting, March 2011
- Plague of the Brown Marmorated Stink Bug - Symposium Intro (PDF)
- BMSB in Pennsylvania - Bernhard, Jacobs (PDF, 4.8 MB)
- Biology and Current Spread of BMSB in North America - Hamilton (PDF, 6.4 MB)
- Insecticide Toxicity Data from Virginia and Research Plans in 2011 - Kuhar (PDF)
- BMSB Activities in Ornamental Systems and Research Plans for 2011 - Shrewsbury, Raupp, Martinson (PDF)
- Damage Assessments of BMSB in New Jersey Fruit Crops and Research Plans for 2011 - Polk (PDF)
- Impact of BMSB on Wine Grapes and Research Plans for 2011 - Pfeiffer (PDF)
- BMSB Impact on Vegetable and Field Crops in the Mid-Atlantic and Research Plans for 2011 - Dively (PDF)
- Development of Behaviorally Based Monitoring Tools and Management Strategies for BMSB - Leskey (PDF)
- BMSB Management in Orchards and Research Plans for 2011 - Krawczyk (PDF)
- BMSB from the Perspective of an Urban PCO - Cooper (PDF)
- BMSB Management Options and Strategies from a Plant Protection Industry Perspective - Steffel, Meck (PDF)
- Natural Enemies of the BMSB: What Are the Prospects for Biological Control? - Hoelmer, Tatman (PDF)
Research Reports
- Trapping for Brown Marmorated Stink Bug (PDF 25 KB)
IPM Working Group
- The Brown Marmorated Stink Bug IPM Working Group is supported by the Northeastern IPM Center (with NIFA funding)
- Working group members
- IPM Working Group Seeks Solutions as Stink Bug’s Notoriety Grows
