Life History of the Invasive Species Halyomorpha halys (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) in Northeastern United States

By A. Nielsen, G. Hamilton. 2009

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ABSTRACT Host plant use by nymphs and adults of the nonnative species Halyomorpha halys (Stål) (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) was investigated proximal to the location of its introduction, Allentown, PA. The seasonality of H. halys in the United States had not been thoroughly studied before this work. It is reported to have ≈300 host plants in its native range that could make control and identification of small populations difficult. Weekly beat samples were conducted beginning at petal fall (mid-April) in Pyrus spp. until the first frost (mid-October) from 2005 to 2007 on a variety of ornamental trees, shrubs, and agricultural crops. Egg masses were first observed on Paulownia tomentosa Thunb. the first week of June. In 2006 and 2007, Fraxinus americana L. was an important mid- and late season host for adults. Nymphal abundance differed seasonally. P. tomentosa supported high densities during the early season, whereas Viburnum opulus variety americanum Aiton was the preferred mid-season host, and Viburnum prunifolium L. and Rosa rugosa Thunb. had the highest densities of nymphs during the late season. Abundance of nymphs was strongly associated with maturing fruit or pods. All plants surveyed supported populations of H. halys, suggesting a large host range. In late August, a large adult population peak was observed (850–1,000 degree days [DD]), shortly after the DD accumulation for development to imaginal eclosion, supporting hypotheses that H. halys is likely univoltine in this region. Relative to native pentatomid species, H. halys was by far the predominant species collected in samples on ornamental and cultivated crops.

Subfields: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Insect Science

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Impact of the Invasive Brown Marmorated Stink Bug, Halyomorpha halys (Stål), in Mid-Atlantic Tree Fruit Orchards in the United States: Case Studies of Commercial Management (2012, background): “[6].”
Tracing the origin of US brown marmorated stink bugs, Halyomorpha halys (2013, background): “H. halys has become the dominant pentatomid species in many mid-Atlantic areas (Nielsen and Hamilton 2009; Nielsen et al. 2011), causing $37 million loss to apples in 2010 (Seetin 2011) as well as unreported losses to a variety of ornamentals, vegetables and field crops (Leskey and Hamilton 2010;…”
Biology, Ecology, and Management of Brown Marmorated Stink Bug (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) (2014, methodology): “The most common methods of quantifying H. halys activity on ornamentals has been the use of standardized beat sampling methods (Nielsen and Hamilton 2009b) and timed visual counts (E. B., unpublished data).”
Natural enemy impact on eggs of the invasive brown marmorated stink bug, Halyomorpha halys (Stål) (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae), in organic agroecosystems: A regional assessment (2016, background): “The polyphagous H. halys feeds on numerous vegetable and tree fruit crops, costing growers in unmarketable or entirely lost produce (Leskey et al., 2012b; Nielsen and Hamilton, 2009b).”
Citizen science and early detection of invasive species: phenology of first occurrences of Halyomorpha halys in Southern Europe (2016, unknown): “BMSB was never detected during the field monitoring program for mirids in 2013, but this is misleading, as BMSB is a typically arboreal species, easier to catch using tree-beating rather than sweep nets as are used for mirid sampling (Nielsen and Hamilton 2009).”
Characteristics of Home Invasion by the Brown Marmorated Stink Bug (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) (2012, background): “…stink bug, Halyomorpha halys, invasive species The brown marmorated stink bug, Halyomorpha halys Stal (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae), was first reported near Allentown, PA in 2001, following introduction from East Asia probably in the middle 1990s (Nielsen and Hamilton 2009, Sargent et al. 2010).”
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