Saturday, May 23, 2009

INFORMATION ON STINKBUGS

It is told that the stinkbug was brought here from Asia.

The brown marmorated stink bug, an insect not previously seen on our continent, has apparently been accidentally introduced into eastern Pennsylvania. It was first collected in September of 1998 in Allentown, but probably arrived several years earlier. As of April 2008, Halyomorpha halys has been recorded from the following 34 counties:

Adams
Allegheny
Armstrong
Beaver
Berks
Blair
Bucks
Butler
Cambria
Carbon


Centre
Chester
Cumberland
Dauphin
Delaware
Franklin
Indiana
Lackawanna
Lancaster
Lebanon
Lehigh
Luzerne
Mercer
Mifflin
Monroe
Montgomery

Northampton
Northumberland
Perry
Philadelphia
Pike
Snyder
Westmoreland
York





CLICK HERE FOR GOOD INFORMATION ON THE HISTORY OF THE STINKBUG
http://www.ento.psu.edu/extension/factsheets/brownMarmoratedStinkBug.htm

1 comment:

  1. very nice information about stink bugs. I also hate them because they infested in our crops.

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