Size Restrictions on the Passage of Overwintering Halyomorpha halys (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) Through Openings

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dc.contributor.authorChambers, Benjamin D.en
dc.contributor.authorKuhar, Thomas P.en
dc.contributor.authorReichard, Georgen
dc.contributor.authorLeskey, Tracy C.en
dc.contributor.authorPearce, Annie R.en
dc.contributor.departmentEntomologyen
dc.contributor.departmentThe Myers-Lawson School of Constructionen
dc.date.accessioned2020-02-27T13:47:53Zen
dc.date.available2020-02-27T13:47:53Zen
dc.date.issued2019-06en
dc.description.abstractIntentional and unintentional openings in a building's envelope provide opportunities for unwanted pests to enter buildings. The brown marmorated stink bug, Halyomorpha halys (Stal), is one such pest, causing a significant domestic winter nuisance in many locations. One important means of pest control is exclusion, or blocking openings through which they can enter, although some openings are intentional and cannot be completely blocked without putting a building at risk. To help understand what size openings are relevant to entry, adult H. halys ready for overwintering were driven out of heated boxes through openings designed to limit passage by their lateral pronotal and dorsoventral dimensions. Pronotally limited holes of 8 mm wide were passed by only one female (3.3% of those tested), and no females and only one male (3.3%) passed through 7-mm-wide holes. For dorsoventrally limited slits, few (13%) of females passed through 4-mm-high slits, and no individuals passed through 3-mm- high slits. Dorsoventral heights and pronotal widths of 930 individuals collected in Virginia were measured. Females were consistently larger, with pronota averaging 8.33 mm wide to the males' 7.47 mm and heights at the point of leg movement restriction averaging 4.03 mm to the males' 3.50 mm. Based on experimental data and size data, we conclude that most H. halys individuals will be excluded by slits smaller than 3 mm and holes smaller than 7 mm.en
dc.description.adminPublic domain – authored by a U.S. government employeeen
dc.description.notesTest apparatus construction was made possible by David Goldsmith and the Virginia Tech BuildLAB. Test subject collection assistance was provided by the Virginia Tech VIPR Lab. This research was supported in part by Virginia Tech BioBuild program and by USDA-NIFA SCRI awards #2011-51181-30937 and #2016-51181-25409.en
dc.description.sponsorshipVirginia Tech BioBuild program; USDA-NIFA SCRI [2011-51181-30937, 2016-51181-25409]en
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1093/jee/toz010en
dc.identifier.eissn1938-291Xen
dc.identifier.issn0022-0493en
dc.identifier.issue3en
dc.identifier.pmid30759241en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/97067en
dc.identifier.volume112en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.rightsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedicationen
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/en
dc.subjectdiapauseen
dc.subjecthome invasionen
dc.subjectbrown marmorated stink bugen
dc.subjecturban pesten
dc.subjectbuilding envelopeen
dc.titleSize Restrictions on the Passage of Overwintering Halyomorpha halys (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) Through Openingsen
dc.title.serialJournal of Economic Entomologyen
dc.typeArticle - Refereeden
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