The dreaded brown marmorated stinkbug is gradually making its way towards major tree fruit and grape growing regions in ­Oregon and Washington where $4 billion in crops are at risk. This stinkbug species, which originated in Asia, is much larger than native stinkbugs and can be far more damaging. It has a host range of more than 300 crops. It was first collected in Pennsylvania in the 1990s, but not officially identified until 2001. It began to be a problem in Mid-Atlantic tree fruit orchards in 2008, and caused an estimated $37 million in damage to apples in the region […]