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The brown marmorated stink bug (Halyomorpha halys) is an insect in the family Pentatomidae, native to China, Japan, Korea, and other Asian regions. [2] In September 1998, it was collected in Allentown, Pennsylvania , where it is believed to have been accidentally introduced. [ 3 ]
Harmonia axyridis is a large lady beetle or ladybug species that is most commonly known as the harlequin, Asian, or multicoloured Asian lady beetle. This is one of the most variable species in the world, with an exceptionally wide range of colour forms. [ 2 ]
As of 2015, just nine western states of the United States were considered free of Japanese beetles. [4] These beetles have been detected in airports on the west coast of the United States since the 1940s. Only three were found in Washington State in 2020, but from late June to September 3, 2021, there were over 20,000 found in Grandview alone. [6]
Common names for Anoplophora glabripennis in Asia are the starry sky beetle, basicosta white-spotted longicorn beetle, or smooth shoulder-longicorn, and it is called the Asian long-horned beetle (ALB) in North America. [2] Adults are very large insects with bodies ranging from 1.7 to 3.9 cm (0.67 to 1.54 in) in length and antennae which can be ...
An invasive season of stink bugs was predicted this year by researchers at Washington State University, who pointed to a study that concluded: “Changing weather could increase suitable habitat ...
The Asian giant hornet is intensely predatory; it hunts medium- to large-sized insects, such as bees, [35] [89] other hornet and wasp species, beetles, hornworms, [90] and mantises. The latter are favored targets in late summer and fall. Large insects such as mantises are key protein sources to feed queen and drone larvae.
Cavelerius saccharivorus, also known as the oriental chinch bug, is a small Asian true bug in the order Hemiptera and family Blissidae. [3] It feeds by sucking the sap out of the stems of grasses and grass-like plants, including rice plants and sugarcane .
In Australia, the rise was between 500% and 4,500%; in New York City, bed bug complaints to the council jumped from 537 in 2004 to 10,985 in 2009, although they have since dropped.