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13 February 2019 Responses of Overwintering Halyomorpha halys (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) to Dead Conspecifics
Benjamin D. Chambers, Tracy C. Leskey, Annie R. Pearce, Thomas P. Kuhar
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Overwintering brown marmorated stink bugs (Halyomorpha halys) (Stål) are a notable domestic nuisance. In addition to disruptive activity, dead individuals remain in homes, sometimes in large numbers.To better understand the effects of these remains on overwintering behavior, adult H. halys were subjected to several experiments to test their responses to dead conspecifics. In non-tactile tests of individuals exposed to groups of dead conspecifics, H. halys did not respond to 1-yr-old desiccated dead conspecifics, but avoided corpses that were freshly killed. In tactile tests of individuals exposed to groups of dead conspecifics, H. halys joined those corpse aggregations significantly more often than not, and preferred corpses to cotton when given a choice. In tests of exposure of overwintering individuals to fresh dead conspecifics over the course of a winter, no necrophagy or evidence of survival advantage was observed, but overall females had higher survival rates than males.

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Benjamin D. Chambers, Tracy C. Leskey, Annie R. Pearce, and Thomas P. Kuhar "Responses of Overwintering Halyomorpha halys (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) to Dead Conspecifics," Journal of Economic Entomology 112(3), 1489-1492, (13 February 2019). https://doi.org/10.1093/jee/toz011
Received: 22 September 2018; Accepted: 7 January 2019; Published: 13 February 2019
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KEYWORDS
aggregation
brown marmorated stink bug
diapause
home invasion
necrophagy
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