Attraction of stink bugs to rocket traps with different combinations of wing and landing board color

• Published in: Journal of Asia-Pacific entomology Vol. 22; no. 1; pp. 243 - 249
• Main Authors: Bae, Soondo, Yi, Hwijong, Yoon, Youngnam, Jang, Yunwoo, Kim, Yongchul, Maharjan, Rameswor
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V 01-03-2019; 한국응용곤충학회
• Subjects: Hemipterans; Hue combination; Modified rocket trap; Monitoring; Safe landing board; Solar fan and LED lamp; 농수해양학; Safe landing board; Modified rocket trap; Hue combination; Monitoring; Hemipterans; Solar fan and LED lamp
• ISSN: 1226-8615; 1876-7990
• DOI: 10.1016/j.aspen.2019.01.007

The stink bugs, Halyomorpha halys and Riptortus pedestris, are two of the most economically important pests of leguminous crops and fruits in Korea. Here we present the results from a field monitoring test that evaluated the effect of variation in rocket trap type and color on stink bugs captures. We tested various types of rocket traps, along with wing combinations and landing boards of various colors. The test was run in soybean fields in Miryang, Korea. We developed a modified rocket trap intended to enhance the capture efficacy of stink bugs. We evaluated traps including (1) yellow rocket trap with a solar fan and blue LED lamp, (2) a yellow trap with solar fan but no light, (3) rocket traps with black, green, yellow, white, red, brown, and blue color stimuli, (4) different color combinations of trap wings, and (5) traps with a landing board were evaluated. Our results showed that yellow winged rocket traps with solar fans and blue LED lamps attracted significantly more stink bug species than other traps, in both soybean fields. Use of these improved traps such as a yellow trap with a solar fan and blue LED lamp, and a yellow trap with a solar fan would therefore enhance the monitoring and capture of stink bugs in diversified agro-ecological landscapes. The potential use of traps with a specific hue, combination of features, and modifications to monitor stink bugs accurately is discussed. Continuing improvements to traps to meet the demands of a changing pest landscape and agricultural mechanization are needed.
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•Stink bugs response to color rocket traps and improved rocket traps were examined•The improved rocket trap captured higher H. halys and R. pedestris than other traps•Improved rocket trap enhance monitoring and capturing of hemipteran bugs•Outcome of study can be a base to develop economic thresholds for bugs management