South Carolina: Watch soybeans for new-comer: redbanded stink bug

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South Carolina:

Watch soybeans for new-comer: redbanded stink bug

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By Jeremy Greene

Clemson University Cotton/Soybean Entomologist

I have been observing stink bugs in fields of early-maturing soybeans (MG IVs), and I have seen many different species.

One of the species has been the redbanded stink bug, Piezodorus guildinii. This species is a “Gulf- Coast” species but has increased its distribution to include at least the southern portion of South Carolina.

This one could become important because of its tolerance to insecticides.

In parts of Louisiana, this species can survive high rates of pyrethroids and some organophosphates. This species is capable of high reproduction rates, so its numbers can grow quickly.

Be vigilant in looking for this species. I do not expect it to be a significant problem at this point, but I have observed more of them in SC each year I have been here, and this season marks the earliest that I have seen them.

They are easy to identify because of the long spine on the abdomen or “belly”.

The spine projects toward the head and surpasses the base of the middle pair of legs. This characteristic helps separate the redbanded stink bug from a similar species called the redshouldered stink bug that does not have this spine and is susceptible to insecticides. Adults of the redbanded stink bug are pictured below (dorsum and venter).