What is in this article?: - Entomologists contend the southward
movement of the brown marmorated stink bug is almost certain to
continue. - Virginia Tech Entomologist and IPM Leader Ames
Herbert says brown marmorated stink bugs, sometimes called Asian
stink bugs, have reached soybean fields in northern Virginia and
appear to be moving from full-season to double-crop beans. Brown
marmorated stink bugs continue their gradual march to the south
and seem to be enjoying the grain fields of northern Virginia.
Entomologists contend the southward movement is almost certain
to continue. Virginia Tech Entomologist and IPM Leader Ames
Herbert says brown marmorated stink bugs, sometimes called Asian
stink bugs, have reached soybean fields in northern Virginia and
appear to be moving from full-season to double-crop beans. In
Maryland, veteran University of Maryland Entomologist Galen
Dively says that is exactly what happened in Maryland. Brown
marmorated stink bugs thrive on tender seeds in the pods of
immature soybeans.