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- Mortgage Delinquencies Rose During Second Quarter of 2011The performance of first-lien mortgages serviced by large national banks and federal savings associations declined slightly during the second quarter of 2011, according to a report released today by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC). […]
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Economic Cost of Stink Bugs
Native To: Eastern Asia
Date of U.S. Introduction: First collected in 1998 in Allentown, Pennsylvania, but probably arrived several years earlier
Images: Invasive.org and Google
Means of Introduction: Possibly arrived in shipping crates from Asia
Impact: Feeds on a variety of plants, including fruit trees, ornamentals, and some crops
Current U.S. Distribution:
Management Plans: Animals
Selected Internet Resources:
Federal GovernmentBrown Marmorated Stink Bug
Environmental Protection Agency.
Identification/Description; Photographs; Impacts
Halyomorpha halys Article Citation Search – AGRICOLA Database
USDA. National Agricultural Library.
Research
Regional Pest Alert: Brown Marmorated Stink Bug (PDF | 212 KB)
USDA. NIFA. Northeastern Integrated Pest Management Center.
Identification/Description; Photographs; Introduction History; Impacts; Life Cycle; Dispersion
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State GovernmentBrown Marmorated Stink Bug (Halyomorpha halys) (PDF | 416 KB)
County of Los Angeles (California). Agricultural Commissioner/Weights and Measures Department.
Identification/Description; Photographs; Impacts
Pest Alert: Brown Marmorated Stink Bug (PDF | 169 KB)
Oregon Department of Agriculture.
Identification/Description; Photographs; Introduction History; Impacts
Brown Marmorated Stink Bug Bug Facts
Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture.
Identification/Description; Photographs; Introduction History; Impacts; Life Cycle; Distribution
Forest Health Fact Sheet: Brown Marmorated Stink Bug
Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources.
Identification/Description; Photographs; Impacts; Controls
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University/AcademicBrown Marmorated Stink Bug: A New Pest to Watch Out For (PDF | 70 KB)
Clemson University (South Carolina). Cooperative Extension Service.
Identification/Description; Photographs; Introduction History; Impacts
Brown Marmorated Stink Bug Project
Cornell University. Cooperative Extension.
Identification/Description; Photographs; Introduction History; Impacts; Distribution
Brown Marmorated Stink Bug (from China, Japan, and Korea) (Oct 2003; PDF | 42 KB)
Cornell University (New York). Cooperative Extension of Oneida County.
Identification/Description; Photographs; Introduction History; Impacts; Life Cycle; Distribution; Controls
Brown Marmorated Stink Bug (Halyomorpha halys)
eXtension.org.
Introduction History; Distribution; Dispersion
Brown marmorated stink bug – Featured Creatures
University of Florida. Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences.
Taxonomy; Identification/Description; Photographs; Introduction History; Impacts; Life Cycle; Distribution; Controls; Special Note: References
Brown Marmorated Stink Bug, Halyomorpha halys Ståhl (Insecta: Hemiptera: Pentatomidae)
University of Florida. Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences.
Identification/Description; Photographs; Introduction History; Impacts; Life Cycle; Distribution; Controls
Brown Marmorated Stink Bug (Jan 2008; PDF | 569 KB)
Ohio State University Extension.
Identification/Description; Photographs; Introduction History; Impacts; Life Cycle; Distribution; Controls
Brown Marmorated Stink Bug – Entomological Notes
Pennsylvania State University. College of Agricultural Sciences. Entomology.
Identification/Description; Photographs; Impacts; Life Cycle; Distribution; Controls
Brown Marmorated Stink Bug, Halyomorpha halys (PDF | 144 KB)
Pennsylvania State University. College of Agricultural Sciences. Cooperative Extension.
Photographs; Impacts; Life Cycle; Controls
Brown Marmorated Stink Bug
Purdue University. Indiana Cooperative Agricultural Pest Survey Program.
Photographs; Impacts; Distribution
Monitoring for the Brown Marmorated Stink Bug
Rutgers University. New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station.
Identification/Description; Photographs; Impacts; Controls