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Halyomorpha halys, also known as the brown marmorated stink bug (BMSB), or simply the stink bug, is an insect in the family Pentatomidae, and it is native to Korea and Taiwan.
It was accidentally introduced into the United States, with the first specimen being collected in September 1998. The brown marmorated stink bug is considered to be an agricultural pest, and by 2010-11 had become a season-long pest in U.S. orchards.
As of November 2011 it has spread to 34 U.S. states and by 2012 to 40, and showed an increase of 60% in total numbers over 2011.
The adults are approximately 1.7 centimetres (0.67 in) long and about as wide, forming the "shield" shape characteristic of other stink bugs. The stink glands are located on the underside of the thorax, between the first and second pair of legs, and on the dorsal surface of the abdomen.
In Japan it is a pest to soybean and fruit crops. In the U.S., the brown marmorated stink bug feeds, beginning in late May or early June, on a wide range of fruits, vegetables, and other host plants including peaches, apples, green beans, soybeans, cherries, raspberries, and pears. It is a sucking insect, a "true bug", that uses its proboscis to pierce the host plant in order to feed. This feeding results, in part, in the formation of dimpled or necrotic areas on the outer surface of fruits, leaf stippling, seed loss, and possible transmission of plant pathogens.
The brown marmorated stink bug is more likely to invade homes in the fall than others in the family. The bug survives the winter as an adult by entering houses and structures when autumn evenings become colder. Adults can live from several months to a year. They will enter under siding, into soffits, around window and door frames, chimneys, or any space which has openings big enough to fit through. Once inside the house, they will go into a state of hibernation. They wait for winter to pass, but often the warmth inside the house causes them to become active, and they may fly clumsily around light fixtures.
The odor from the stink bug is due to trans-2-decenal and trans-2-Octenal. The smell has been characterized as a "pungent odor that smells like cilantro."
The stink bug's ability to emit an odor through holes in its abdomen is a defense mechanism meant to prevent it from being eaten by birds and lizards. However, simply handling the bug, injuring it, or attempting to move it can trigger it to release the odor.
Beautiful cool blue shield bug. Zicrona caerulea Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. ID credit: Alex Rădac. More bugs and macro photography stuff: orionmystery.blogspot.com/
First buggy upload in quite a while... I just bought my first house and have settled in. These stinkbugs are on my lemon tree.
I bought a cheap manual-only flash off ebay with a softbox... not quite as fancy as my old 580exii but it's doing the job so far.
I spotted this Soldier Beetle larva inside a web and it had this Stinkbug partially consumed. We were thinking it is a type of beetle larva....hopefully Odonata457 can figure it out? I only know it is pretty cool even if a bit horrible.
This was shot with the NEX-5N macro lens and edited in iMovie. I really like having the sound on the track, which I don't get using the Casio EX-F1 high-speed movie mode.
A few minutes ago I was sitting at my computer editing photos, and felt a gradual pinpricking, stinging sensation in a finger on my right hand.It felt so much like a sting I looked down carefully and SURPRISE...it was a stinkbug drilling into my finger with his piercing mouthparts! In all the times I've seen and picked up and befriended the little buggers, I've never had one try to bite me.They live on plant juices, so this is extremely unusual.
Brisbane bug!! www.brisbaneinsects.com/brisbane_stinkbugs/Harlequin.htm Thanx Jax ;)))
Taken outside a cafe - where the lovely staff gave me a step ladder to get into the tree!!LOL!!!
Reverse macro, hand held, no adapter.
This little stink bug was crawling on my house, don't ever squash one of these or you will be sorry! The stink smell is worse than a skunk.
Among the non-native plants surrounding the ball-field fence, above Skunk Creek, Peoria Arizona. My first venture outside, with or without the camera, since being a touch unwell. Luckily for me the sun was shining brightly and the warmth attracted a few of the insects around.
Stinkbug (Banasa calva)
United States: Alabama: Tuscaloosa Co.
Tulip Tree Springs off Echola Rd.; Elrod
33.33480, -87.79355
3-Jun-2016
J.C. Abbott #2825 & K.K. Abbott
CLIMBING — Rice stinkbug climbs a rice grain head. High numbers in July and August 2021 have prompted UA System Division of Agriculture entomologists to seek a Section 18 exemption, allowing growers to use Endigo in rice to help manage this pest.
Aug. 3, 2020 file photo. (U of A System Division of Agriculture photo by Kevin Lawson)
These bugs are becoming one of my favourite bugs so far. The shape, the colors, the patterns. Everything is so cool!
Ok, just when I thought they were ready to leave I still find myself face-to-face with stinkbugs before breakfast, this one on my desk this morning. Seems they're not the same ones most of us occasionally encountered as children, no, this particular type is introduced (no surprise) from the far east. We have to stop importing so much from China.
ento.psu.edu/extension/factsheets/brown-marmorated-stink-bug
The strength of the Florida Predatory Stinkbug (and Assassin Bugs) always amazes me. The Stinkbug won.
Brown marmorated stink bugs have significantly damaged fruit and vegetable crops in the mid-Atlantic states and are a threat to specialty crops in Oregon. FULL STORY: bit.ly/OSU_AgNews16402967g6J