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Member Symposium

Plant-Insect Ecosystems

Science Policy

A Multi-State Update on Brown Marmorated Stink Bug: Battling an Invasive Pest with Science & Policy

Wednesday, November 12, 2025
1:30 PM - 5:30 PM Pacific
Location: Oregon Convention Center, D136, OCC

Oral Presentation

This symposium provides current updates on the invasive Brown Marmorated Stink Bug in U.S. agriculture, highlighting its spread, impact, and management. Speakers will address science-based strategies, regulatory challenges, and multi-state efforts in research, extension, and policy to combat this invasive pest and protect diverse agricultural systems.

Presentations:

  • 1:30 PM - 1:40 PM Pacific
    Introductory remarks

    Presenting Author: Md Tafsir Nur Nabi Rashed (he/him/his) – University of Florida

  • 1:40 PM - 2:00 PM Pacific
    Pentatomids are the pits: Refining stink bug management in southeastern peach orchards

    Presenting Author: Brett Blaauw – University of Georgia

  • 2:00 PM - 2:20 PM Pacific
    10 years of biological control of Halyomorpha halys with Trissolcus japonicus in Oregon

    Presenting Author: Claire K. Donahoo (she/her/hers) – Oregon State University

    Co-Author: Nik Wiman – Oregon State University

    Co-Author: Heather E. Andrews – Oregon State University

    Co-Author: Maggie Freeman – Oregon State University

    Co-Author: Christopher Adams – Oregon State University

  • 2:20 PM - 2:40 PM Pacific
    Brown marmorated stink bug (BMSB), Halyomorpha halys, within the complex of Pentatomidae pests within Florida tomato, peach, and various small organic vegetable crops

    Presenting Author: Amanda Hodges – University of Florida

    Co-Author: Gideon Alake – University of Florida

  • 2:40 PM - 3:00 PM Pacific
    The podisi group of Telenomus and the taxonomic frontier for biological control of BMSB

    Presenting Author: Elijah Talamas – Florida State Collection of Arthropods

    Co-Author: Jonathan Bremer – Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services

    Co-Author: Gonzalo Avila – New Zealand Plant & Food Research

  • 3:00 PM - 3:20 PM Pacific
    A quarter century of BMSB in NJ: Population trends, management, and biological control of a devastating-turned-manageable pest

    Presenting Author: Emma Waltman (she/her/hers) – Rutgers University

    Co-Author: Tara Gariepy – Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

    Co-Author: Allison Bruin – Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

    Co-Author: Janine M. Spies – Rutgers University

    Co-Author: Kaitlin Quinn – Rutgers University

    Co-Author: Dean Polk – Rutgers New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station, Rutgers University

    Co-Author: Anne Nielsen – Rutgers University

  • 3:20 PM - 3:40 PM Pacific
    Break
  • 4:00 PM - 4:20 PM Pacific
    Parallel paths: Perspectives on BMSB invasion, management, and collaboration from the eastern US

    Presenting Author: Thomas Kuhar – Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

    Co-Author: Benjamin Aigner – Virginia Tech

    Co-Author: Tracy C. Leskey – United States Department of Agriculture

  • 5:00 PM - 5:10 PM Pacific
    Closing remarks

    Presenting Author: Amanda Hodges – University of Florida