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- Title
Trapping Brown Marmorated Stink Bugs: "The Nazgȗl" Lure and Kill Nets.
- Authors
Suckling, David Maxwell; Mazzoni, Valerio; Roselli, Gerardo; Levy, Mary Claire; Ioriatti, Claudio; Stringer, Lloyd Damien; Zeni, Valeria; Deromedi, Marco; Anfora, Gianfranco
- 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 Nazgȗl", 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.
- Subjects
NEW Zealand; BROWN marmorated stink bug; INSECTICIDES
- Publication
Insects (2075-4450), 2019, Vol 10, Issue 12, p433
- ISSN
2075-4450
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/insects10120433