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Funding Program:
IPM Partnership Grants |
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Project Title:
Trapping for Brown Marmorated Stinkbug |
Project Director (PD):
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Lead State: NJ Lead Organization: Rutgers University |
| Undesignated Funding: $10,000 |
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Start Date: May-01-2008 End Date: Apr-30-2009 |
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Pests Involved: brown marmorated stink bugs, stinkbugs, BMSBs |
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Site/Commodity: community |
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Area of Emphasis: pheromones, trapping |
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Summary:
This project requests $10,000 to examine the use of mass trapping as a management tactic for the brown marmorated stink bug in an industrial park setting. The brown marmorated stink bug, Halyomorpha halys (Stål) (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae), is an exotic stink bug that has spread throughout DE, MD, NJ, OR, PA, VA, Washington D.C., and portions of OR and CA and become a severe nuisance. It has also been found in MS, ME, NY and WV. Currently, there are no adequate pest management alternatives to prevent overwintering adults from entering commercial buildings resulting in illegal use of bug bombs and treatment of exterior walls and eaves with insecticides.
Objectives: This project proposes to 1) Evaluate tenant awareness and distress regarding Halyomorpha halys prior to mass trapping efforts, 2) Evaluate the use of mass trapping as a non-pesticidal management tactic against Halyomorpha halys in an industrial park setting, and 3) Evaluate tenant satisfaction with mass trapping as a management tool for Halyomorpha halys. Objective 1 will be accomplished by developing and implementing a questionnaire designed to measure the current knowledge of tenants participating in the study about H. halys using face to face meetings with participants. Objective 2 will be accomplished by conducting trials on the properties of tenants surveyed in objective 1 to access the potential for mass trapping of H. halys in Allentown, PA. Objective 3 will evaluate tenant satisfaction with mass trapping as a management tool by conducting face to face post-trial survey. We anticipate this project to safeguard human health and the environment by reducing illegal uses of pesticides by tenants, provide economic benefits by reducing the annoyance caused by this insect and the time spent dealing with it thus allowing tenants to concentrate their time and energy on other issues and promote IPM implementation by developing the use of pheromone technology to mass trap an invasive insect. |
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Final Report: |
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Outcomes The results of this study showed that mass trapping has potential use in an industrial park setting. Further testing, however, is needed to evaluate its usefulness in a variety of additional locations. Studies evaluating the effect of trap density (maximum and minimum number needed), impact of building size and design and building maintenance (site of windows, vents, etc) need to be conducted. If these studies prove successful, implementation of tactic will proceed with the possibility of expanding it to homeowners. |
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Impacts This project had the following impacts: Safeguarding human health and the environment -- The mass trapping system study demonstrated the techniques potential use as a non-pesticidal option for managing H. halys; however, further work is needed before this tactic can be employed on a wide scale. If successful, two companies are interested in offering the system to the general public (ChemTica International - pheromone production and AgBios - trap production) thereby potentially impacting thousands of people in the Northeast and mid-Atlantic areas. Implementation of IPM -- This project documented the potential success of one IPM tactic -- the use of pheromone technology to mass trap an invasive insect. |
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