Parasitoids of the invasive Nezara viridula (Linnaeus) in Bulgaria

The southern green stink bug Nezara viridula (Linnaeus) is a polyphagous species that causes economic damages to many crops in Bulgaria. aim of this study was identify the parasitoid could suppress populations viridula. A lot agricultural were inspected region Plovdiv, Bulgaria, for presence egg parasitoids and imaginal pest. Egg masses adults collected during field surveys 2019-2021 Southern only emerging from Trichopoda pennipes (Tachinidae), which reported first time rate parasitism at conditions ranged 2.83% 35% different generations host. family Scelionidae – Trissolcus basalis (Wollaston), Eupelmidae Anastatus bifasciatus (Geoffroy), Encyrtidae - Ooencyrtus telenomicida (Vassiliev). It found eggs 2020 2021 respectively 7.77% 0.25% May, 34.32% 17.23% June, 72.3% 80.51% July, August reaching 100% 89.79%.