Observations on Mount St Helens indicate that the spread of recolonizing lupin plants has been slowed due to the presence of insect herbivores and it is possible that the spread of lupins could be reversed in the future by intense insect herbivory [Fagan, W. F. and J. Bishop (2000). Trophic interactions during primary sucession: herbivores slow a plant reinvasion at Mount St. Helens. Amer. Nat....

The brown marmorated stinkbug (Halyomorpha halys Stål) is a polyphagous insect from the Pentatomidae family that originally Asia. This contaminating (i.e. hitchhiking) species, often found in urban areas and along anthropogenic infrastructure, fast spreading Germany other European countries. As pest those countries for agriculture as nuisance public it important to have solid database of curren...