Invasive Insect Pests

The first BMSB adult was found in NY in 2007 in the Hudson Valley.  In 2011, traps were set out in major NYS agricultural regions using an aggregation pheromone of a related species; adults were captured only in Marlboro, NY.  In 2012, traps baited with the true BMSB pheromone lure captured substantial numbers in the Hudson Valley, and the first BMSB were observed on apple, leading to fruit damage and losses of over 20% in three orchards.  In 2013, traps around the state captured higher numbers of adults, much earlier in the season than previously seen, and also in new areas, including western NY, Long Island, and the Capital District.  Little damage was noted in tree fruits, but vegetable plantings in the Hudson Valley were heavily infested.

Spotted wing drosophila (SWD) was first detected in New York in 2011 and spread across New York, causing significant damage to berry crops in 2012.  In 2013, a coordinated effort was made for the collection and delivery of SWD information to fruit growers, as well as home gardeners. An SWD website was launched at http://www.fruit.cornell.edu/spottedwing/, containing web pages on SWD hosts, monitoring, identification, management, distribution, impact, and biology; a blog at blogs.cornell.edu/swd1/ was started with 42 voluntary subscribers; quick reference tables of labeled insecticides for at-risk fruit crops were developed, and a home gardener SWD fact sheet was written.

Publication & Resources

Brown Marmorated Stink Bug

• Bergh, C., A. Acebes-Doria, T. Leskey, R. Morrison, B. Short, G. Krawczyk, J. Walgenbach, A. Agnello, P. Jentsch, G. Hamilton, A. Nielsen, B. Blaauw, V. Walton, N. Wiman, C. Hedstrom, P. Shearer, and B. Beers.  2016.  Integrated Pest Management for Brown Marmorated Stink Bug in Orchard Crops.  4 pp. <http://www.stopbmsb.org/orchard-crops>
• 2016 BMSB Annual Report, New York
• Leskey, T.C., A. Agnello, J. C. Bergh, G. P. Dively, G. C. Hamilton, P. Jentsch, A. Khrimian, G. Krawczyk, T. P. Kuhar, D-H. Lee, W. R. Morrison III, D. F. Polk, C. Rodriguez-Saona, P. W. Shearer, B. D. Short, P. M. Shrewsbury, J. F. Walgenbach, D. C. Weber, C. Welty, J. Whalen, N. Wiman, and F. Zaman.  2015.  Attraction of the invasive Halyomorpha halys (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) to traps baited with semiochemical stimuli across the United States.  Environ. Entomol. 44: 746–756. [https://doi.org/10.1093/ee/nvv049]
• 2015 BMSB Annual Report, New York
• 2014 BMSB Annual Report, New York
• 2013 BMSB Annual Report, New York
• Biology, Ecology, and Management of Brown Marmorated Stink Bug in Orchard Crops, Small Fruit, Grapes, Vegetables and Ornamentals, 2012 Annual Report
• BMSB Resources Website

Spotted Wing Drosophila

• Agnello, Arthur, Andrew Landers, and Greg Loeb.  2015.  A fixed-spray system for Spotted Wing Drosophila management in high tunnel bramble crops.  J. Berry Res. 5: 81–88.  [http://doi.org/10.3233/JBR-150091]
• Spotted Wing Drosophila IPM Working Group Report 2013

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