A Landscape Perspective of Stink Bugs In Cotton

Stink bugs have become a major concern for cotton growers and are currently managed using IPM programs that rely on insecticide applications when necessary.  We studied the reproductive biology of stink bugs in agronomic and nonagronomic hosts to determine how stink bugs exploit resources within the landscape.  Results indicate that sexually mature adults within an area are not always actively reproducing and resource partitioning between adults and nymphs may occur.