Post on 18-Mar-2020
DIVISION OF AGRICULTURER E S E A R C H & E X T E N S I O N
University of Arkansas System
MP438
Identifying Stink Bugs in Arkansas Crops
Black bands on antennae
Orange margin
Adult
Green Stink Bug (Chinavia hilaris)
Nymphs
Small spine between legs
Egg mass
1
2
3
4
5
Southern Green Stink Bug (Nezara viridula)
Green margin
No spine
Red/pink bands on antennae
Egg mass
Nymphs Adult
6
7
8
9
Brown Stink Bug (Euschistus servus)
Adult
Nymphs
Egg mass
10 11 12
13
Rice Stink Bug (Oebalus pugnax)
Adult
Forward-facing spines
Egg mass (mature)
Straw color on adults and older nymphs
14 15 16
17 18
Spined Soldier Bug (Podisus maculiventris)
Adult
Egg mass Nymph
Predatory (Robust mouthparts)
19
20
22 21
Redbanded Stink Bug (Piezodorus guildinii)
Adult Nymphs
Large spine between legs
Egg mass
23 24
25
26
27 28
Red-shouldered Stink Bug (Thyanta custator)
Adult Nymphs
No spine
29 30 31
Bagrada hilaris(potential invasive)
Adults 32
Brown Marmorated Stink Bug1
Adult
Nymph
33
34
White bands on antennae
White/black pattern around abdomen
Brochymena spp.
Adult 35
Harlequin Bug2
Adult
Nymphs Egg mass
36
37 38
Proxys spp.
Adult
39
Adult
Twospotted stink bug3
40
PHOTO CREDITS: 1,3,5,12,22,24-28: Nick Seiter, UA Cooperative Extension; 2,7,8,13,30,31: Herb Pilcher, USDA-ARS, Bugwood.org; 4,10,23: Brett Stewart, UA Cooperative Exten-sion; 6,39: Johnny N. Dell, Bugwood.org; 9,11: Russ Ottens, University of Georgia, Bugwood.org; 14: Narinderpal Singh, University of Arkansas; 15-18: Jarrod Hardke, UA Cooperative Extension; 19: Kansas Dept. of Agriculture, Bugwood.org; 20: Joseph Black, UA Cooperative Extension; 21: John Ruberson, Kansas State University, Bugwood.org; 29: Scott Akin, FMC Corporation; 32: Gevork Arakelian, LA County Dept. Agriculture, Bugwood.org; 33: Susan Ellis, Bugwood.org; 34: Gary Bernon, USDA-APHIS, Bugwood.org; 35: Joseph Berger, Bugwood.org; 36-38: Whitney Cranshaw, Colorado State University, Bugwood.org; 40: Kevin D. Arvin, Bugwood.org
1Halyomorpha halys 2Murgantia histrionica3Perillus bioculatus
AUTHORS: NICK SEITER, assistant professor – Extension entomologist, Department of Entomology, located at the Southeast Research and Extension Center in Monticello; AARON CATO, graduate research assistant, Department of Entomology, located at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville; GUS LORENZ, distinguished professor – Extension entomologist, Department of Entomology, located at the Lonoke Extension Center in Lonoke; GLENN STUDEBAKER, professor – Extension entomologist, Department of Entomology, located at the Northeast Research and Extension Center in Keiser; and JARROD HARDKE, associate professor – rice Extension agronomist, Department of Crop, Soil, and Environmental Science, located at the Rice Research and Extension Center in Stuttgart. All are personnel of the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture.
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