Our scouts (Ed Seymore, Jamie Hogue, and Dr. Herbert’s Entomology team) have started sampling soybean fields across Virginia for kudzu bug and brown marmorated stink bug.  The file attached at the end of this paragraph indicates the counties where kudzu bug has been found (blue counties = kudzu bug found in soybean; maroon counties = kudzu bug found on other hosts such as kudzu).  Please note that we have not yet sampled all counties on our survey route.  I will continue to provide weekly updates on this, including pest population levels, as the season progresses.   KB_7_16_2015