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Managing the Brown Marmorated Stink Bug with biological control

Part of the 2017 Oregon Master Gardener Advanced Training series. Ongoing efforts to manage Brown Marmorated Stink Bug (BMSB) in the Pacific Northwest will benefit from the arrival of the samurai wasp, a specialist parasitoid of BMSB eggs. This presentation will identify evidence of BMSB damage, describe management options, and identify how to recognize biological control from the samurai wasp.

Presented by: Dr. David Lowenstein

David Lowenstein is a Postdoctoral Research Associate at North Willamette Research and Extension Center (NWREC). He is an ecologist and entomologist and currently leads the Brown Marmorated Stink Bug Project in Oregon.  

Further reading

Samurai wasp publication: https://catalog.extension.oregonstate.edu/em9164

BMSB publication:  https://catalog.extension.oregonstate.edu/em9054https://catalog.extension.oregonstate.edu/em9054https://catalog.extension.oregonstate.edu/em9054

Link to report BMSB adults and samurai wasp: http://agsci.oregonstate.edu/brown-marmorated-stink-bug

Link to general BMSB site to find information on host plants and more: stopbmsb.org 

Photo credit: David B. Lance, USDA APHIS PPQ, Bugwood.org

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