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1.13 Chapters 2–16
In the following chapters, we summarize and update the knowledge of the extent of problems associ-
ated with invasive pentatomoids worldwide including economic importance (feeding injury, nuisance
problems, transmission of pathogens, role of symbionts); research on their biology (including diapause
and voltinism), behavior, chemical ecology, monitoring, and control. We discuss why these species have
become invasive and what the future holds for their continued geographic expansion and the resulting
direct and indirect effects of these bugs on the human population.
1.14 Acknowledgments
We thank J. E. Eger (Dow Agrosciences, Tampa, FL) for providing many of the images used in this
chapter.
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FIGURE 1.16 Hind tibia of Euschistus servus (Pentatomidae). (Courtesy of J. E. Eger)