Ed Seymore is scouting Virginia soybean fields again this year for brown marmorated stink bug (BMSB) and soybean aphid. Ed found BMSB this week in low numbers in soybean fields in Orange and Fauquier Counties. Dr. Mark Kraemer (Virginia State University) caught a total of 93 BMSB this week in the Petersburg black light trap, and reported that BMSB has been found on flowering vegetable-type soybean and a few on Mung beans. The extent of damage is not yet known. Other BMSB black light trap catches for this week totaled 45 in Studley/Mechanicsville, 3 in Essex, and 6 in Warsaw. No BMSB were caught in Chesapeake, Southampton, Isle of Wight, Prince George, or Suffolk black light traps. Please click “More” for the data table.
Additional information: bmsb-blacklight-table-11-pdf