Entomologists in New York State developed a clever way of keeping an eye out for inroads by the brown marmorated stinkbug. It’s been found across the state. So far, however, numbers have stayed small, and, as far as is known, no fruit growers have needed to spray to suppress it. “We have not seen populations that would warrant control measures so far,” Peter Jentsch, an extension entomologist at the Hudson Valley Laboratory in Highland, New York, told growers late in last fall’s harvest season. After fruit growers in the Mid-Atlantic states just south of New York saw extensive damage in […]
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