Insects (2019) 10 (12 - 433)

David Maxwell Suckling, Valerio Mazzoni, Gerardo Roselli, Mary Claire Levy, Claudio Ioriatti, Lloyd Damien Stringer, Valeria Zeni, Marco Deromedi and Gianfranco Anfora (2019)
Trapping brown marmorated stink bugs: "The Nazgûl" lure and kill nets
Insects 10 (12 - 433)
Abstract: Improvements to current brown marmorated stink bug (BMSB), Halyomorpha halys, surveillance and killing systems are needed to improve detection sensitivity and to reduce pesticide use. Detection of BMSB in New Zealand with traps is reliant on sticky panels with aggregation pheromone, which are low cost but inefficient compared with beating foliage. Trapping for BMSB adults and nymphs was conducted daily with lethal traps consisting of an aggregation pheromone-baited-coat hanger covered with dark-colored long-lasting insecticide-treated mesh, we termed "The Nazgûl", based on its sinister appearance. A deep tray lined with white plastic was attached centrally at the base for collecting the dead BMSB. The lethal traps killed and caught up to 3.5-fold more nymphs and adult BMSB than identically-baited sticky panels in the 3 weeks of deployment, and provided a snapshot of phenology by instar. We expect that lure-and-kill stations could contribute to the suppression of a delimited population and could be included as part of a semiochemical-based eradication program. Attracting and killing females and nymphs, thus removing future offspring, could contribute to population suppression during an eradication.
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Database assignments for author(s): David Maxwell Suckling, Valerio Mazzoni, Claudio Ioriatti, Lloyd D. Stringer

Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
pheromones/attractants/traps
control - general

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Halyomorpha halys		Italy