Sunday, January 18, 2026

kudzu bug

As kudzu bugs build, follow thresholds to avoid costly resprays

 • Dominic Reisig • I tweeted last month that there was no shortage of kudzu bugs around and that I expected some beans to be sprayed. However, I was expecting sprays in July and August, not during June! We haven’t seen numbers...

Tiny wasp is reducing kudzu bug populations in the Southeast

A tiny wasp — known as Paratelenomus saccharalis — is reducing kudzu bug populations and Georgia soybean farmers’ need to treat for the pest, says Michael Toews, a University of Georgia entomologist based on the UGA Tifton campus. The wasp,...

UGA works to develop kudzu bug-resistant varieties

A group of University of Georgia researchers are working to develop soybean varieties resistant to the invasive kudzu bug. Although the bugs don't damage soybeans every season, they can cause yield losses of between 20 and 60 percent during peak...

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