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[[File:Euschistus servus10.jpg|250px|thumb|''Euschistus servus'' on cotton (click on image to enlarge it)<br/>Author(s): Russ Ottens, University of Georgia<br/>Source: [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Euschistus_servus10.jpg Wikimedia Commons]]]
<font color="#800000">'''''Euschistus servus'''''</font> (Say, 1832) - (brown stink bug)

This stink bug is a polyphagous pest in North America, infesting for example cotton, soybean and corn (maize). However, it also attacks and breeds on many other crops like wheat, peach or tomato. The piercing and sucking activities of the bugs can results in the death of seedlings, stunting of the crop, or abortion of fruits or seeds.

The adults are 10-15 mm long, yellowish grey with dark brown punctures on the upper side. The nymphs develop through five instars over a period of about 1 month. There are usually several generations per year (up to 5) with the bugs migrating between host plants. E.g. the 1st generation might develop on wheat and the 2nd one on corn (maize). The adults of the last generation overwinter. Stink bugs may be controlled with insecticides, but action thresholds need to be observed.


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File:Euschistus servus07.jpg|1st instart nymphs
File:Euschistus servus06.jpg|2nd instart nymphs
File:Euschistus servus05.jpg|3rd instart nymphs
File:Euschistus servus04.jpg|4th instart nymph
File:Euschistus servus03.jpg|5th instart nymph
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