The natural enemy of fruits, stink bugs, pay attention to a large outbreak 21:20 on September 9
The number of fruit pests and stink bugs, such as pears and grapes, has been growing in large numbers in various places, and the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries is calling attention to fruit tree farmers because the damage may spread in the future.
Stink bugs are pests that deform when they insert their mouths into fruits and inhale juice.
According to the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, many stink bugs have survived the winter due to the record warm winter, and from early spring until now, 27 prefectures and prefectures have issued warnings to fruit trees 34 times over fruit trees. ..
Of these, warnings have been issued in Kumamoto, Oita, Nagasaki, Gifu, and Shiga prefectures since August, and stink bugs become active during the high temperatures and new stink bugs are born. It means that you need to be careful.
In Amakusa City, Kumamoto Prefecture, more than 30,000 "chabanea stink bugs" were caught in the five days until July 20th, more than 60 times the average of the average year, and in Usa City, Oita Prefecture, the first five days in August. The "Chabanea stink bugs" and the like caught in Japan increased about 30 times in normal times.
The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries urges farmers to closely observe the condition of the orchard with reference to the information of the local government and promptly control any stink bugs if they are found.