Local and landscape scale drivers of <i>Euschistus servus</i> and <i>Lygus lineolaris</i> in North Carolina small grain agroecosystems

Crop production sequences influence arthropod populations in temporally unstable row crop systems. Winter wheat ( Triticum aestivum L.) represents one of the earliest abundant crops south‐eastern United States. This study aims to understand primary source habitats driving brown stink bug, Euschistus servus (Say), and tarnished plant Lygus lineolaris (Palisot de Beauvois), population abundance wheat. To better these relationships, adult nymphal densities were fields weekly from flowering through harvest 2019 2020. Geospatial data used measure landscape composition surrounding sampled fields. We investigated predictors on E . L using generalized linear mixed modelling. Field size, proportion agriculture, area, soybean Glycine max area previous year associated with Similarly, was year. These results reveal planted insect pest following spring Further, suggest agricultural landscapes dominated by are decreased across region.