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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 ]
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 ...
Every North American ash species has susceptibility to emerald ash borer, as North American species planted in China also have high mortality from infestations, but some Asian ash species are resistant, including F. baroniana, F. chinensis, F. floribunda, F. mandshurica, and F. platypoda. [30] [31] [32]
The Japanese beetle (Popillia japonica) is a species of scarab beetle. Due to the presence of natural predators, the Japanese beetle is not considered a pest in its native Japan, but in North America and some regions of Europe, it is a noted pest to roughly 300 species of plants.
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 .
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.