Stop Brown Marmorated Stink Bug

ChrisK · November 29, 2013

Popped up in my Facebook feed.

http://www.stopbmsb.org/index.cfm

Some good videos e.g. #10 that discusses natural predators.

remy · December 4, 2013

Thanks! I shared it on my FB business page as I had someone asking for help not that long ago.

Diriel · December 4, 2013

That seems to be one nasty bug... and of course, I do have them. Ugh.

ChrisK · May 10, 2014

Homemade stink bug traps squash store-bought models, researchers find

ChrisK · July 16, 2014

Scientists Decipher Stink Bug Aggregation Pheromone

Cole_Robbie · July 16, 2014

Stink bugs are eating up my crops this year. I will definitely try the light trap idea.

I could screen in the high tunnel and fill it with birds

clkeiper · July 16, 2014

My husband went to buy an insecticide for the raspberries yesterday. As he was in the business the "boys" were laughing at the 70 acre corn field that was wasted by these things. Their dad forgot to put the insecticide in the sprayer when he sprayed. They totally chewed the field to NOTHING. I was appalled, but knowing how some fathers micro manage ( i know a great one)... maybe he was a micromanager and they found it hilarious that he was the one to make such a big mistake, but what an incredible loss of income.

RootLoops · July 17, 2014

i've got my share of em here. i've been having good success killing them with 30ml of neem oil and 15ml of dish soap per gallon of water. i spray them and they walk away, a few minutes later i'll find them dead on leaves and stems. it kills the nymphs really quick. the corn field thing is just one of the risks of having a large monocrop, nature wants to take it out it seems

i always look for the eggs and smash them whenever i find some. the ones i have this year are different than previous years, they have a narrow body instead of the usual shield shape which i thought was weird

b54red · July 19, 2014

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Originally Posted by RootLoops

i've got my share of em here. i've been having good success killing them with 30ml of neem oil and 15ml of dish soap per gallon of water. i spray them and they walk away, a few minutes later i'll find them dead on leaves and stems. it kills the nymphs really quick. the corn field thing is just one of the risks of having a large monocrop, nature wants to take it out it seems

i always look for the eggs and smash them whenever i find some. the ones i have this year are different than previous years, they have a narrow body instead of the usual shield shape which i thought was weird

Are the narrow bodied ones Assassin bugs? They look very much like a stink bug but are longer and more narrow bodied. They are great predator insects that are a real benefit to a garden. My garden was loaded with them last year and I had almost no pests because they were so efficient at eating them. This year I haven't seen a single one in my garden all year. I think the late freezes we had got them. I sure hope they come back.

Bill

zero244 · July 19, 2014

These stink bugs are scary and very destructive. I have seen a few around my yard, though I don't know which species. But I will definitely keep an eye out for these buggers.

RootLoops · July 20, 2014

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Originally Posted by b54red

Are the narrow bodied ones Assassin bugs? They look very much like a stink bug but are longer and more narrow bodied. They are great predator insects that are a real benefit to a garden. My garden was loaded with them last year and I had almost no pests because they were so efficient at eating them. This year I haven't seen a single one in my garden all year. I think the late freezes we had got them. I sure hope they come back.

Bill

they aren't assassin bugs, i've got some of those around too. they have the same marmorated patterns on their backs and sides as your shield shaped ones do. and when you squish em they have that distinct stink bug smell.

SharonRossy · July 20, 2014

I have found a few which I've been able to knock off into a container of insecticidal soap. That and japanese rose beetles. Oh and of course spider mites. Those stink bugs are bad news. I just keep checking every day because they will wreck the plants. I haven't seen lady bugs in the last while.

ChrisK · September 4, 2014

http://www.entsoc.org/press-releases...ated-stink-bug

b54red · September 4, 2014

I had a lot of stink bugs early in the year but after a few weeks of battling spider mites they disappeared. At least one of the concoctions I was using was very effective at killing them.

Bill

Worth1 · September 5, 2014

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Originally Posted by b54red

I had a lot of stink bugs early in the year but after a few weeks of battling spider mites they disappeared. At least one of the concoctions I was using was very effective at killing them.

Bill

Bill do you have any idea what it was?
I would really like to know even if it is a guess.

Worth

December 4, 2013	#2
remy Buffalo-Niagara Tomato TasteFest™ Coordinator Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Z6 WNY Posts: 2,354	Thanks! I shared it on my FB business page as I had someone asking for help not that long ago. __________________ "I wake to sleep and take my waking slow" -Theodore Roethke Yes, we have a great party for WNY/Ontario tomato growers every year on Grand Island! Owner of The Sample Seed Shop

May 10, 2014	#4
ChrisK Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Raleigh, NC Posts: 1,448	Homemade stink bug traps squash store-bought models, researchers find __________________ Blog: chriskafer.wordpress.com Ignorance more frequently begets knowledge: it is those who know little, and not those who know much, who so positively assert that this or that problem will never be solved by science. --Charles Darwin

July 16, 2014	#5
ChrisK Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Raleigh, NC Posts: 1,448	Scientists Decipher Stink Bug Aggregation Pheromone __________________ Blog: chriskafer.wordpress.com Ignorance more frequently begets knowledge: it is those who know little, and not those who know much, who so positively assert that this or that problem will never be solved by science. --Charles Darwin

July 16, 2014	#6
Cole_Robbie Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Illinois, zone 6 Posts: 8,407	Stink bugs are eating up my crops this year. I will definitely try the light trap idea. I could screen in the high tunnel and fill it with birds Last edited by Cole_Robbie; July 16, 2014 at 05:51 PM.

July 16, 2014	#7
clkeiper Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: ohio Posts: 4,350	My husband went to buy an insecticide for the raspberries yesterday. As he was in the business the "boys" were laughing at the 70 acre corn field that was wasted by these things. Their dad forgot to put the insecticide in the sprayer when he sprayed. They totally chewed the field to NOTHING. I was appalled, but knowing how some fathers micro manage ( i know a great one)... maybe he was a micromanager and they found it hilarious that he was the one to make such a big mistake, but what an incredible loss of income. __________________ carolyn k

November 29, 2013	#1
ChrisK Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Raleigh, NC Posts: 1,448	Stop Brown Marmorated Stink Bug Popped up in my Facebook feed. http://www.stopbmsb.org/index.cfm Some good videos e.g. #10 that discusses natural predators. __________________ Blog: chriskafer.wordpress.com Ignorance more frequently begets knowledge: it is those who know little, and not those who know much, who so positively assert that this or that problem will never be solved by science. --Charles Darwin

December 4, 2013	#3
Diriel Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Central OK, USDA-7a / AHS-8 Posts: 157	That seems to be one nasty bug... and of course, I do have them. Ugh.

July 17, 2014	#8
RootLoops Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: rienzi, ms Posts: 470	i've got my share of em here. i've been having good success killing them with 30ml of neem oil and 15ml of dish soap per gallon of water. i spray them and they walk away, a few minutes later i'll find them dead on leaves and stems. it kills the nymphs really quick. the corn field thing is just one of the risks of having a large monocrop, nature wants to take it out it seems i always look for the eggs and smash them whenever i find some. the ones i have this year are different than previous years, they have a narrow body instead of the usual shield shape which i thought was weird

July 19, 2014	#10
zero244 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: Oregon Posts: 47	These stink bugs are scary and very destructive. I have seen a few around my yard, though I don't know which species. But I will definitely keep an eye out for these buggers.

July 20, 2014	#12
SharonRossy Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Montreal Posts: 1,140	I have found a few which I've been able to knock off into a container of insecticidal soap. That and japanese rose beetles. Oh and of course spider mites. Those stink bugs are bad news. I just keep checking every day because they will wreck the plants. I haven't seen lady bugs in the last while.

September 4, 2014	#13
ChrisK Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Raleigh, NC Posts: 1,448	http://www.entsoc.org/press-releases...ated-stink-bug __________________ Blog: chriskafer.wordpress.com Ignorance more frequently begets knowledge: it is those who know little, and not those who know much, who so positively assert that this or that problem will never be solved by science. --Charles Darwin

September 4, 2014	#14
b54red Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Alabama Posts: 7,068	I had a lot of stink bugs early in the year but after a few weeks of battling spider mites they disappeared. At least one of the concoctions I was using was very effective at killing them. Bill