Posts Tagged: marmorated

Invasive Spotlight: Brown Marmorated Stink Bug

Stink bugs are common pests in gardens but the brown marmorated stink bug, or BMSB, is of particular concern. BMSB (Halyomorpha halys) was first detected in Los Angeles County in 2006 and has since been detected in many other parts of California with...

Wasps May Help in the Fight Against Brown Marmorated Stink Bug

From the UCANR Green Blog Scientists are rearing tiny Asian wasps in quarantine and evaluating whether they can be released in California to battle brown marmorated stink bug (BMSB), an invasive pest that poses a serious threat to the state's $54...

Invasive Pest Spotlight: Bagrada Bug

The Bagrada bug, Bagrada hilaris, a colorful stink bug much smaller than the brown marmorated stink bug, prefers to feed on crucifers. It is a seed and bud feeder that can be very damaging to cole crop vegetables such as broccoli and cauliflower. In...

Invasive Pest Spotlight: Brown Marmorated Stink Bug

The brown marmorated stink bug (Halyomorpha halys) or BMSB is a new invasive pest of urban and suburban homes and landscapes in California. A native of Asia, the brown marmorated stink bug immigrated into the United States in the 1990s but has only...

Stinky and Uninvited Winter Visitors

Brown marmorated stink bug (BMSB), Halyomorpha halys, is an invasive pest native to East Asia (China, Japan, Korea, Taiwan) which was first sighted in the United States in 1996 in Allentown, PA, and reached California in 2006 (Pasadena and San Marino)....