STINK BUG DISTRIBUTION BASED ON BLACK LIGHT TRAP CAPTURES ACROSS NORTH CAROLINA IN RELATION TO SURROUNDING AGRICULTURAL HOST PLANT RATIOS

摘要

Stink bug populations have begun to flourish and exploit cotton in North Carolina as a result of a reduction in the uses of synthetic insecticides on Bollgard~(R) cotton varieties. Black light traps were utilized from mid July through the end of August to capture green stink bugs in agricultural environments. Trap capture numbers were analyzed against the acreage of surrounding crops to determine if a correlation exists. Based upon the results, no correlation could be determined. Black light trap captures at different times of the growing season may express correlations with various surrounding crops and should be investigated.