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

Northeast IPM Center

Video

BMSB Identification Video (UC ANR)