{"id":1805,"date":"2013-03-06T08:01:18","date_gmt":"2013-03-06T13:01:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.allisonpest.com\/blog\/?p=1805"},"modified":"2013-03-06T08:01:18","modified_gmt":"2013-03-06T13:01:18","slug":"watch-outlittle-insectsbig-troubles-part-1-of-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/new.allisonpest.com\/blog\/2013\/03\/06\/watch-outlittle-insectsbig-troubles-part-1-of-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch Out\u2026Little Insects\u2026Big Troubles Part 1 Of 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

A little insect is causing big problems for farmers and home and business owners in certain states where it has been spotted.\u00a0 The bean plataspid<\/a> is a little known pest which has several different names.\u00a0 Some call it the lablab bug, the kudzu bug, or the kudzu-eating bug, and others call it the globular stink bug. It is probably best known for being called the kudzu bug<\/a>.<\/p>\n

If you have not encountered this creature yet, don\u2019t be surprised, so far, it has not made it into New Jersey, but don\u2019t be surprised if you see it sometime in the near future report Monmouth County, NJ pest control<\/a> experts.\u00a0 The kudzu bug originates from Asia, like the brown marmorated stink bug.\u00a0 It was first discovered in Georgia in 2009.\u00a0 The bug was first discovered in mass quantities in soy bean fields, but it did not appear to farmers to be causing damage to crops so they were mostly left alone.\u00a0 Little did the farmers know that the insects were secretly slurping the juices out of a huge amount of the soy bean crops that were being grown.\u00a0 The pesky creatures subsequently caused millions of dollars in damages to the crops they invaded.<\/p>\n

The kudzu bug has since migrated into the states of Alabama and Mississippi and has also been found as far east as Western Pennsylvania.\u00a0 These Asian invaders are now in eight states thanks to transport trucks which have accidentally given them a lift.\u00a0 They have now been added to the \u201cinvasive species\u201d list of the Federal Government and Florida recently issued a warning for farmers to look out for the insects as well.<\/p>\n

Kudzu bugs have been found to feast upon a variety of different legumes.\u00a0 In addition to soy bean crops, green beans, lima beans, butter beans, and wisteria are a favorite of the kudzu bug.\u00a0 Absent of legumes, they will eat many other types of plants.<\/p>\n

Please check back on Friday for the conclusion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A little insect is causing big problems for farmers and home and business owners in certain states where it has been spotted.\u00a0 The bean plataspid is a little known pest which has several different names.\u00a0 Some call it the lablab bug, the kudzu bug, or the kudzu-eating bug, and others call it the globular stink […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[58,55],"yoast_head":"\nWatch Out\u2026Little Insects\u2026Big Troubles Part 1 Of 2 - Allison Pest Control<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/new.allisonpest.com\/blog\/2013\/03\/06\/watch-outlittle-insectsbig-troubles-part-1-of-2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Watch Out\u2026Little Insects\u2026Big Troubles Part 1 Of 2 - 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