Florida Entomologist (2012) 95, 800-802

Julio Medal, Trevor Smith, Abbie Fox, Andrew Santa Cruz, Ashley Poplin and Amanda Hodges (2012)
Rearing the brown marmorated stink bug Halyomorpha halys (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae)
Florida Entomologist 95 (3), 800-802
Abstract: The brown marmorated stink bug, Halyomorpha halys, is a potential threat to Florida agriculture. Several interceptions have occurred in the last several yr, but BMSB is apparently not yet established in Florida. At the FDACS-DPI quarantine facility different rearing methods were evaluated with H. halys to provide the number of egg masses required to conduct the needed host-specificity tests with an egg-parasitoid. Here we described a very effective rearing method for the daily collection of egg masses so that 100 egg masses per wk could be reliably provided for use in experiments.
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Database assignments for author(s): Julio C. Medal

Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
rearing/culturing/mass production
quarantine treatments/regulations/aspects

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Halyomorpha halys		U.S.A. (NE)