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1 February 2011 Efficacy of Selected Insecticides Against Eggs of Euschistus servus and Acrosternum hilare (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) and the Egg Parasitoid Telenomus podisi (Hymenoptera: Scelionidae)
A. L. Koppel, D. A. Herbert, T. P. Kuhar, S. Malone, M. Arrington
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Abstract

Brown stink bug, Euschistus servus (Say), and green stink bug, Acrosternum hilare (Say) (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae), are major agricultural pests. Although various insecticides are used to control nymphs and adults, little is known about how they affect eggs. Laboratory bioassays and field trials were conducted to determine the efficacy of common field rates of acephate, λ-cyhalothrin, spinosad, and thiamethoxam on developing E. servus and A. hilare eggs, as well as Telenomus podisi Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Scelionidae) parasitoids developing in E. servus eggs. In laboratory bioassays, egg masses were dipped into insecticide and water solutions and assessed for mortality after 2 wk. In the field trials, egg masses on a cloth section were pinned to leaves in each plot of a randomized complete block and returned to the laboratory 24 h after exposure to insecticide sprays. Mortality was assessed after 2 wk. In dip bioassays, there was a significant effect of insecticide treatment on A. hilare eggs with all insecticides resulting in greater mortality than the water control. However, no effect of treatment occurred in the field with A. hilare or for E. servus eggs in both the laboratory bioassays and the field trials. In contrast, developing T. podisi parasitoids showed significant mortality when exposed to all insecticide treatments, when dipped or field-treated. Spinosad and λ-cyhalothrin treatments resulted in 100% mortality of T. podisi, and acephate resulted in greater mortality than thiamethoxam. Our results suggest that there is relatively little efficacy from insecticide sprays on stink bugs developing in eggs but that mortality of egg parasitoids may be significant.

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A. L. Koppel, D. A. Herbert, T. P. Kuhar, S. Malone, and M. Arrington "Efficacy of Selected Insecticides Against Eggs of Euschistus servus and Acrosternum hilare (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) and the Egg Parasitoid Telenomus podisi (Hymenoptera: Scelionidae)," Journal of Economic Entomology 104(1), 137-142, (1 February 2011). https://doi.org/10.1603/EC10222
Received: 15 June 2010; Accepted: 1 September 2010; Published: 1 February 2011
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KEYWORDS
chemical control
egg efficacy
Pentatomidae
Scelionidae
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