Difference between revisions of "Piezodorus guildinii"

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Piezodorus guildinii (click on image to enlarge it)
Author(s): Russ Ottens, University of Georgia
Source: Wikimedia Commons

Piezodorus guildinii (Westwood, 1837) - (red-banded stink bug)
is found in the Americas from Argentina to the southern United Sates and feeds on the pods of legumes like soybean, alfalfa or pigeon pea. It is particular important in South American soybean fields and has also become more common in North America. The bug attacks the developing pods and inserts its stylet directly into the young seeds. The pods then become deformed or infected by fungi. Control is done by insecticides. The life cycle from egg, through 5 nymphal stages, to adult lasts around 6 weeks. There are 5-8 generations per year. The adult is 8-10 mm long, green with a transverse, horizontal band across the posterior part of the pronotum. Nymphs have a characteristic black mark on the abdomen containing white dots.

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