THIS PROJECT AIMS TO SURVEY STINK BUGS AND BENEFICIAL ARTHROPODS IN NORTH CAROLINA SOYBEANS. THE THREAT OF STINK BUG DAMAGE TO SOYBEAN PRODUCTION HAS BEEN INCREASING OVER THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS. DRIVERS OF THESE CHANGES MAY RELATE TO WARMING CLIMATE AND CHANGING AGROECOSYSTEM STRUCTURE. CURRENTLY, WE DO NOT UNDERSTAND HOW STINK BUG SPECIES VARY AT THE FIELD, FARM, OR REGIONAL LEVEL. WE DO KNOW THAT PROBLEMATIC SOUTHERN SPECIES (RED BANDED, SOUTHERN GREEN) ARE EXPANDING THEIR OVERWINTERING RANGE NORTHWARD INTO THE CAROLINAS. MOREOVER, CHANGES IN NATURAL ENEMY COMMUNITIES MAY ALSO HAVE EFFECTS ON BIOLOGICAL CONTROL SERVICES IN SOYBEAN SYSTEMS. THE LAST COMPREHENSIVE STINK BUG SURVEY IN NORTH CAROLINA SOYBEAN WAS CONDUCTED IN THE 1970S AND THIS DATA PROVIDES A FOUNDATION FOR THIS STUDY. THE GOAL WILL BE TO GENERATE NEW BASELINE DATA TO UNDERSTAND HOW SPECIES RANGES ARE CHANGING IN RESPONSE TO A CHANGING CLIMATE, LANDSCAPE, AND AGRONOMIC PRACTICES. NORTH CAROLINA IS AN IDEAL LOCATION FOR CLIMATE RESEARCH BECAUSE WE ARE CURRENTLY EXPERIENCING SPECIES SHIFTS. THIS IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE CHANING DISTRIBUTIONS IN THE SOUTHEASTERN U.S. MAY BE AN INDICATOR FOR FUTURE CHANGES IN NORTHERN SOYBEAN AGROECOSYSTEMS.