Brown marmorated stink bug

Halyomorpha halys · The brown marmorated stink bug is an insect native to China, Japan, Korea, and other Asian regions that has also become established in North America and Europe.

Brown marmorated stink bug
Photo: Alexis Lours, CC BY 4.0
Brown marmorated stink bug
Photo: Rhododendrites, CC BY-SA 4.0
Brown marmorated stink bug
Photo: Yerpo, CC BY-SA 3.0

Taxonomy

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderHemiptera
FamilyPentatomidae
GenusHalyomorpha
SpeciesHalyomorpha halys

Where it lives

Native to China, Korea, Japan and Taiwan; invasive in North America and Europe.

Fun facts

  • When it feels threatened, this bug releases a pungent odor that smells like cilantro.
  • In one home, more than 26,000 stink bugs were found overwintering.
  • A female stink bug can lay 400 eggs in her lifetime.
  • These bugs feed on over 100 species of plants, so they don't need one particular plant to survive.

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Facts and taxonomy adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).