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Article: Bugs give organic farms big problems.(Agriculture)
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- The Register Guard (Eugene, OR)
- Article date:
- November 18, 2005
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Byline: Susan Palmer The Register-Guard
The brown marmorated stink bug is not a picky eater. Native to Japan, China, Taiwan and Korea, it's known to dine on at least 70 different plant species.
And that could be a big problem for us in Oregon, insect experts say, because the agricultural pest has turned up here after successfully invading several Eastern states.
The Asian stink bug - aka Halyomorpha halys - first appeared in Oregon last year, when the Oregon Department of Agriculture received dozens of reports of sightings in Portland after putting out a public alert.
State workers confirmed the sightings in a southeast Portland ...