Growers and winemakers warned of stink bugs

Updated March 6 2018 - 4:29pm, first published February 28 2018 - 4:19pm
BMSB egg mass, left, photo by David Lance. Middle photo is a nymph, photo by Gary Bernon, Bugwood.org. An adult is pictured on the right, photo by Mohammed El Damir, Bugwood.org.
BMSB egg mass, left, photo by David Lance. Middle photo is a nymph, photo by Gary Bernon, Bugwood.org. An adult is pictured on the right, photo by Mohammed El Damir, Bugwood.org.

Growers and winemakers have been warned about a detection of the exotic pest brown marmorated stink bugs which were found in in shipments of electrical components and bricks that had been imported from Italy.