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1 January 2013 Invasive Stink Bug Wounds Trees, Liberates Sugars, and Facilitates Native Hymenoptera
Holly M. Martinson, Michael J. Raupp, Paula M. Shrewsbury
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Abstract

Biological invasions often have devastating impacts on ecosystems and economies, while facilitative interactions between invasive and native species are often overlooked. Here, we demonstrate how the invasive brown marmorated stink bug, Halyomotpha halys (Stål) (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae), facilitates native Hymenoptera by opening a novel feeding niche. In the invaded mid-Atlantic region of the United States, several species of native ants and wasps feed on wound exudates from stink bug feeding sites; these exudates have high sugar concentrations and are rapidly used by indigenous Hymenoptera. Positive facilitative interactions between invasive and keystone native species such as ants may have far reaching impacts on invaded ecosystems.

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Holly M. Martinson, Michael J. Raupp, and Paula M. Shrewsbury "Invasive Stink Bug Wounds Trees, Liberates Sugars, and Facilitates Native Hymenoptera," Annals of the Entomological Society of America 106(1), 47-52, (1 January 2013). https://doi.org/10.1603/AN12088
Received: 17 July 2012; Accepted: 27 September 2012; Published: 1 January 2013
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KEYWORDS
ant-plant interaction
facilitation
feeding wound
Halyomorpha halys
invasion ecology
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