kudzu bugs

 • 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...

Soybeans and cotton are popping up across South Carolina, and Clemson University Extension Service specialists say they are susceptible to hungry insect pests. Soybean situation About 6% of the state’s soybean crop had been planted as of May 8. In his...

• By Dominic Reisig • Kudzu bugs have been a no-show since 2013 but are widespread at low levels this year. A lot of folks are wondering if they should treat, justifiably so, since our fields with the highest populations...

Auburn University entomologists have discovered a tiny wasp that could provide a huge benefit to soybean producers in Alabama and other Southern states plagued by the kudzu bug. Though only about the size of a pinhead, the newly detected parasitoid...

Kudzu bugs have been detected on kudzu in several Arkansas counties, prompting a warning to scout and only treat if economic thresholds are reached. The pest was first detected in Arkansas in 2013, and populations have been building since. In...

University of Georgia researchers suspect that declining kudzu bug numbers may be due to natural enemies, but they don't know for sure. “We can’t positively say it’s due to their natural enemies, but kudzu bug populations are decreasing,” Ian Knight,...