DIVISION OF AGRICULTURER E S E A R C H & E X T E N S I O N

University of Arkansas System

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Identifying Stink Bugs in Arkansas Crops

Black bands on antennae

Orange margin

Adult

Green Stink Bug (Chinavia hilaris)

Nymphs

Small spine between legs

Egg mass

1

2

3

4

5

Southern Green Stink Bug (Nezara viridula)

Green margin

No spine

Red/pink bands on antennae

Egg mass

Nymphs Adult

6

7

8

9

Brown Stink Bug (Euschistus servus)

Adult

Nymphs

Egg mass

10 11 12

13

Rice Stink Bug (Oebalus pugnax)

Adult

Forward-facing spines

Egg mass (mature)

Straw color on adults and older nymphs

14 15 16

17 18

Spined Soldier Bug (Podisus maculiventris)

Adult

Egg mass Nymph

Predatory (Robust mouthparts)

19

20

22 21

Redbanded Stink Bug (Piezodorus guildinii)

Adult Nymphs

Large spine between legs

Egg mass

23 24

25

26

27 28

Red-shouldered Stink Bug (Thyanta custator)

Adult Nymphs

No spine

29 30 31

Bagrada hilaris(potential invasive)

Adults 32

Brown Marmorated Stink Bug1

Adult

Nymph

33

34

White bands on antennae

White/black pattern around abdomen

Brochymena spp.

Adult 35

Harlequin Bug2

Adult

Nymphs Egg mass

36

37 38

Proxys spp.

Adult

39

Adult

Twospotted stink bug3

40

PHOTO CREDITS: 1,3,5,12,22,24-28: Nick Seiter, UA Cooperative Extension; 2,7,8,13,30,31: Herb Pilcher, USDA-ARS, Bugwood.org; 4,10,23: Brett Stewart, UA Cooperative Exten-sion; 6,39: Johnny N. Dell, Bugwood.org; 9,11: Russ Ottens, University of Georgia, Bugwood.org; 14: Narinderpal Singh, University of Arkansas; 15-18: Jarrod Hardke, UA Cooperative Extension; 19: Kansas Dept. of Agriculture, Bugwood.org; 20: Joseph Black, UA Cooperative Extension; 21: John Ruberson, Kansas State University, Bugwood.org; 29: Scott Akin, FMC Corporation; 32: Gevork Arakelian, LA County Dept. Agriculture, Bugwood.org; 33: Susan Ellis, Bugwood.org; 34: Gary Bernon, USDA-APHIS, Bugwood.org; 35: Joseph Berger, Bugwood.org; 36-38: Whitney Cranshaw, Colorado State University, Bugwood.org; 40: Kevin D. Arvin, Bugwood.org

1Halyomorpha halys 2Murgantia histrionica3Perillus bioculatus

AUTHORS: NICK SEITER, assistant professor – Extension entomologist, Department of Entomology, located at the Southeast Research and Extension Center in Monticello; AARON CATO, graduate research assistant, Department of Entomology, located at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville; GUS LORENZ, distinguished professor – Extension entomologist, Department of Entomology, located at the Lonoke Extension Center in Lonoke; GLENN STUDEBAKER, professor – Extension entomologist, Department of Entomology, located at the Northeast Research and Extension Center in Keiser; and JARROD HARDKE, associate professor – rice Extension agronomist, Department of Crop, Soil, and Environmental Science, located at the Rice Research and Extension Center in Stuttgart. All are personnel of the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture.

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