Keep an Eye Out for Brown Marmorated Stink Bug

Janet van Zoeren, Cornell LOFP; Daniel J. Donahue, Michael Basedow, CCE ENYCHP; and Monique Rivera, Cornell AgriTech

The brown marmorated stink bug (BMSB), an invasive insect pest of apples, peaches, grapes, nuts, vegetable crops and more, has been on our minds and in our crops and homes for years now. Many growers we’ve spoken with in NY are most familiar with this pest because of their habit of overwintering in homes and barns, often aggregated in large numbers. However, increasingly often, we’re speaking with growers who also see them or their damage in orchard blocks. While we expect there to be low BSMB pressure in Northern NY, they are established in the Hudson Valley, and are believed to now be a nuisance to growers as far north as the Mohawk Valley and Saratoga County. To continue reading: https://rvpadmin.cce.cornell.edu/uploads/doc_1081.pdf