Stink bug interaction with host plants during communication

Abstract The African cluster bug Agonoscelis puberula Stål, 1854 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomidae: Pentatominae: Agonoscelidini), an Afrotropical stink bug previously introduced to the New World, is recorded from Cuba for the first time. The specimen was collected in 1978 and represents the oldest record in America, suggesting the possibility of its introduction during the engagement of Cuban troops in conflicts in tropical Africa during the Cold War, most probably from Angola. Complete bibliography of the papers citing A. puberula, its distribution, host plants and status of name-bearing types are reviewed. Additional records of A. puberula from Botswana, Namibia, South Africa and Zambia (new record) are provided.

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Estimating Monitoring Trap Plume Reach and Trapping Area for Nymphal and Adult Halyomorpha halys (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) in Crop and Non-crop Habitats

Environmental Entomology ◽

10.1093/ee/nvz093 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 48 (5) ◽

pp. 1104-1112 ◽

Cited By ~ 13

Author(s):

Danielle M Kirkpatrick ◽

Angelita L Acebes-Doria ◽

Kevin B Rice ◽

Brent D Short ◽

Christopher G Adams ◽

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Keyword(s):

Open Field ◽

Host Plants ◽

Cropping System ◽

The United States ◽

Apple Orchard ◽

Halyomorpha Halys ◽

Stink Bug ◽

Row Crops ◽

Economic Injury ◽

Monitoring Trap

Abstract Halyomorpha halys (Stål) (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae), the brown marmorated stink bug, is an invasive polyphagous insect that can cause serious economic injury to specialty and row crops in the United States and globally. To date, H. halys has been managed with repeated insecticide applications. While progress has been made toward development of trap-based monitoring tools to guide management decisions, little is known regarding the trapping area over which a single pheromone-baited trap captures H. halys. We conducted single trap, multiple distance mark-release-recapture experiments; results were used to estimate trapping area for nymphs and adults in sites without host plants present (open field) and for adults in sites with host plants present (apple orchard). Plume reach for pheromone-baited sticky traps was consistently estimated to be <3 m. Maximum dispersive distance in an open field devoid of host plants was estimated to be 40 m for nymphs and 120–130 m for adults resulting in trapping areas of 0.58 ha and 4.83–5.56 ha, respectively. When traps were deployed in association with host plants within the border row of an apple orchard, adult maximum dispersive distance and trapping area was reduced to 70 m and 1.67 ha, respectively. These results indicate that the behavioral response of H. halys to pheromonal stimuli is influenced by the presence of host plants and that trapping area for pheromone-baited traps will likely change relative to the cropping system in which it is deployed. Caution should be taken when extrapolating these results, because the measured values may differ in other crop systems.

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Baseline Flight Potential of Euschistus servus (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) and Its Implications on Local Dispersal

Environmental Entomology ◽

10.1093/ee/nvaa041 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 49 (3) ◽

pp. 699-708

Author(s):

Arun Babu ◽

Alejandro I Del Pozo-Valdivia ◽

Dominic D Reisig

Keyword(s):

Body Weight ◽

Host Plants ◽

Host Use ◽

Stink Bug ◽

Plant Host ◽

Flight Mill ◽

Cropping Season ◽

Euschistus Servus ◽

Flight Capacity ◽

Local Dispersal

Abstract The brown stink bug, Euschistus servus (Say), is a damaging pest of multiple crops in the southeastern United States. In addition to crops, both the weedy field borders and wooded areas of a typical farmscape in this region harbor E. servus host plants, many of which are temporally and spatially limiting in availability or nutritional suitability. Therefore, local dispersal is required so that individuals efficiently track and utilize host resources. This research sought to establish the baseline flight capacity of adult E. servus across the season in relation to body weight, sex, and plant host use with a flight mill system. Across this 2-yr study, among the individuals with a flight response in the flight mill, 90.1% of individuals flew in a range of >0–1 km, with an individual maximum flight distance of 15.9 km. In 2017, mean total distance flown varied across the season. Except for the individuals collected from corn in 2019, during both 2017 and 2019, the highest numerical mean flight potential occurred soon after overwintering emergence and a relatively low flight potential occurred during the cropping season. Individuals collected from wheat, corn, and early season weeds lost a higher proportion of body weight after flight than did individuals from soybean and late season weeds. The baseline dispersal potential information generated from this study can be extrapolated to the farmscape level aiming to develop, plan, and implement E. servus management programs.

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Optimizing efficiencies in biosecurity surveillance and monitoring: testing colour and multi-lure traps on tomato potato psyllid, other plant-lice (Psylloidea) and stinkbugs (Pentatomoidea)

10.21203/rs.3.rs-853713/v1 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Melinda Moir ◽

Louise Croeser ◽

Don Telfer ◽

Christopher Fenner ◽

Rosalie McCauley

Keyword(s):

Cost Efficiency ◽

Host Plants ◽

Capture Rate ◽

Pest Species ◽

Potato Psyllid ◽

Brown Marmorated Stink Bug ◽

Stink Bug ◽

Bactericera Cockerelli ◽

Horticultural Pest ◽

Species Specific

Abstract Cost efficiency in biosecurity surveillance is vital, and the ability to survey for multiple pest species using just one trap therefore highly appealing. The Psylloidea, or plantlice, contain significant horticultural pest species that act as vectors for a number of deleterious plant bacteriums. We examine the efficacy of using two different coloured sticky traps, and two lure types on the general Psylloidea and Pentatomoidea fauna, and a target extant pest psyllid; tomato potato psyllid (TPP) Bactericera cockerelli (Šulc). Specifically, we test the effect of lure (no lure, Asian citrus psyllid ACP lure, brown marmorated stink bug BMSB lure, combined lures), sticky trap color (green vs yellow), and sentinel plant (tomato vs citrus) on psyllid and stink bug species in 104 urban backyards across Perth, Australia. We found that tomato sentinel host plants and green traps significantly increased the capture rate of TPP, but that all lures decreased the capture of TPP. Green traps also increased the capture rate of all other Psylloidea. Although BMSB lures reduced TPP capture, these lures increased abundances of other Psylloidea and the pest stinkbug Plautia affinis (Dallas) on traps. Thus, our experiment demonstrates that increased efficiencies can be gained with combination traps and lures for particular groups, provided that they have been tested on focal organisms in the first instance, as reactions to non-target lures are unpredictable and species specific.

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Field Attraction of the Stink Bug Euschistus conspersus (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) to Synthetic Pheromone-Baited Host Plants

Journal of Economic Entomology ◽

10.1603/0022-0493-94.6.1500 ◽

2001 ◽

Vol 94 (6) ◽

pp. 1500-1505 ◽

Cited By ~ 30

Author(s):

Christian H. Krupke ◽

Jay F. Brunner ◽

Michael D. Doerr ◽

Andrew D. Kahn

Keyword(s):

Host Plants ◽

Stink Bug ◽

Synthetic Pheromone ◽

Euschistus Conspersus ◽

Field Attraction

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Evaluation of Exp 61096A for Control of Rice Stink Bug in a Cage Study, 1997

Arthropod Management Tests ◽

10.1093/amt/23.1.260 ◽

1998 ◽

Vol 23 (1) ◽

pp. 260-260

Author(s):

J.L. Bernhardt

Keyword(s):

Experimental Design ◽

Field Study ◽

Host Plants ◽

Methyl Parathion ◽

Silt Loam ◽

Stink Bug ◽

Insecticide Application ◽

Plot Size ◽

Weed Host ◽

Rice Panicles

Abstract A field study was conducted to compare RSB control using EXP 61096A and a standard, methyl parathion. The experimental design was a RCB with 3 replications. Plot size was 9 rows (7-inch spacing) by 15 ft. Rice was drill seeded in Crowley silt loam at 90 lb/acre on 6 May and emerged on 17 May. Nitrogen was applied in a 3-way split of 75 lb N/acre as urea on 16 Jun and 30 lb N/acre on 10 and 23 Jul. Permanent flood was established on 22 Jun. Rice was 50% headed (panicle emergence) on 6 Aug. Insecticides were applied on 25 Aug with a CO2-pressurized backpack sprayer at 18 gpa. Three days to applications, adult RSB were hand collected from rice fields and placed in 5-gal plastic buckets with bouquets of heading rice and weed host plants in water. Host plants were changed at 3 d intervals. Shortly before applications, 3 RSB were placed in nylon tulle sleeve cages, 4 inches diam by 14 inches long. Cage tops were closed with twist ties. RSB were herded to one end where a string was tied around the cage, effectively keeping the RSB confined to one end. Within 15 min after each insecticide application, 3 sleeve cages were pulled over 2 rice panicles and flag leaves and held in place with twist ties around the plants. Sleeve cages with RSB were also placed in plots 24, 72, and 120 h after insecticide application. After 72 h of exposure, plants were cut below the cage and taken to the laboratory where RSB mortality was determined. Data were analyzed with ANOVA and means separated by LSD.

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Electropenetrographic Comparison of Feeding Behavior of Dichelops furcatus (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomidae) on Soybean and Spring Cereals

Journal of Economic Entomology ◽

10.1093/jee/toaa114 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 113 (4) ◽

pp. 1796-1803

Author(s):

Tiago Lucini ◽

Antônio R Panizzi

Keyword(s):

Feeding Behavior ◽

Host Plants ◽

Background Information ◽

Access Time ◽

Stink Bug ◽

Stink Bugs ◽

Quantitative Studies ◽

Significant Difference ◽

Spring Cereals ◽

Heteroptera Pentatomidae

Abstract We used electropenetrography to quantify and compare counts and durations of selected waveforms, produced by adult females of the stink bug Dichelops furcatus (F.). Insects fed on immature soybean pods and immature seed heads of four spring cereals: wheat, black oat, barley, and rye. On all foods, bugs spent over 60% of their plant access time in non-probing activities. This total waveform duration was significantly longer on barley and rye compared to those on soybean and oat; wheat was intermediate. Considering only probing activities, bugs spent longer durations (ca. 2×), on soybean and oat compared to barley, rye, and wheat plants. Bugs produced significantly more pathway events on soybean and rye than on wheat and barley; with a significantly shorter duration per event on rye. The counts and durations of xylem ingestion did not differ among foods. Cell rupturing activities on seeds were longer on soybean (ca. 23%) and oat (ca. 21%), than on barley and rye (ca. 6%). The durations of ingestion events on seeds were significantly shorter on soybean (over 3×) compared to those on barley and wheat; oat and rye were intermediate. However, the ingestion duration per insect did not show significant difference among foods. Results demonstrated that D. furcatus spent more time overall in probing activities on soybean and oat; whereas, rye and barley presented the worst feeding behavior. This study provides important background information for further quantitative studies of stink bugs on different plants, such as development of resistant host plants.

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