Source: Dominic Reisig, NCSU COOPERATIVE EXTENSION, 6/2/20


I tweeted last month that there was no shortage of kudzu bugs around and that I expected some beans to be sprayed. However, I was expecting sprays in July and August, not during June! We haven’t seen numbers this high and this early since 2012. I received reports of the first kudzu bug migrants into full-season soybeans last week (end of May). We can expect more migration as nymphs continue development on kudzu and migrate to soybeans as adults. This migration might peak in a few weeks, so be aware that a few scattered fields might require another application. Kudzu bugs prefer early-planted beans and are more prominent on field edges near good overwintering sites (like woods) or near alternate hosts, like kudzu and wisteria.

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