Pest Profile

Green Stink Bug
Acrosternum hilare (Say)
  • Adult green stink bug feeding on pods
  • Adult green stink bug feeding on pods
  • Stink bug feeding damage to pods
  • Immature green stink bug
  • Green stink bug hatchlings

Pest Description

Stink bugs are only damaging to soybean in southeast Kansas. Shrunken and deformed seeds can result from pod feeding. Controls should be applied when 10 bugs per 30 feet of row are found. Localized infestations can be spot treated.

Source of information

J.P. Michaud: http://entomology.k-state.edu/extension/insect-information/crop-pests/soybeans/stinkbugs.html

Pest photo source

J.P. Michaud, Wendy Johnson, Brian McCornack, KSU Entomology