Brown Marmorated Stink Bug in California Agriculture
BMSB trap catches in the Sacramento Delta (Freeport south to Walnut Grove):
Trap in Freeport: Oct. 2015 - One male. Sept./Oct. 2016 - 3 males
Trap in a vineyard near Clarksburg: June/July 2016 - 3 males, 2 nymphs
For more on BMSB or to report finds, please visit the links on the left.
Publications
2016 Monitoring and Detection in Sacramento County 2016 (Funded by pear industry) (PDF 940kb) - Dec. 2016 (UCCE Sacramento/Capitol Corridor MCP)
Crop Susceptibility and Monitoring for BMSB (PDF 87kb) - Feb. 2016 (UCCE Sacramento/Capitol Corridor MCP)
Fact Sheet (PDF 600kb) - Identification, Damage, and Tree Hosts - July 2015 (UC ANR)
Pest Alert (UC IPM)
Shipping Regulations (PDF 118kb) - BMSB Regulations for Shipping Produce - June, 2015 (UC ANR)
Update Report (PDF 187kb) - BMSB Characteristics, Spread, and Management - January, 2014 (UC ANR)
Identification (PDF 220kb) - Comparison of BMSB and Rough Stink Bug (UC ANR)
Presentations
Chuck Ingels' Selected BMSB Talks
Web Sites
UC IPM Brown Marmorated Stink Bug Provisional Guidelines for: Apples, Peaches, Pears
StopBMSB.org (National BMSB web site)
California BMSB Information - Includes a map of all finds statewide
Video
BMSB Identification Video (UC ANR)