Stink Bugs - The Brown Marmorated Stink Bug is a recent arrival from Asia. How did they get to the United States? Speculation has it The Brown Marmorated Stink Bug stowed away on a cargo freighter destined to the United States from Asia. The Brown Marmorated Stink Bug is a nuisance insect and loves to infest structures in the same way as lady beetles and or box elder bugs. The first Brown Marmorated Stink Bug was identified some 12 years ago in Allentown Pennsylvania. The Brown Marmorated Stink Bug will enter a structure looking for warmth; since there sighting in Pennsylvania 12 years ago, residents in New Jersey have been seeing more and more of these
insects. Eventually, The Brown Marmorated Stink Bug will expand throughout the United States and Canada.
The Brown Marmorated Stink Bugs love to eat fruits and soy beans thus becoming a great concern to our farmers.
The adult Brown Marmorated Stink Bug is about ¾ of an inch long, with a brown, marble –like exterior. Its body resembles a shield shape. It has become a bothersome pest both indoors and outside of structures on warm fall
days in search of protection from the upcoming winter. They will appear occasionally during warm sunny periods in winter, andagain when the warmth of spring finally arrives. In spring the emerging adults mate, and the female will deposit her eggs on the leaves of fruit trees, and by May the nymphs will feed on the fruit trees and by mid-summer the nymphs will molt into adults. They are strong flyers, and will spread out of the infested area looking for a new home for protection from the upcoming winter. The Brown Marmorated Stink Bug will not reproduce inside a structure nor will they harm humans, they become concerning when they become active in the fall and spring.
When squashed or pulled into a vacuum cleaner their smell will become quite apparent.
insects. Eventually, The Brown Marmorated Stink Bug will expand throughout the United States and Canada.
The Brown Marmorated Stink Bugs love to eat fruits and soy beans thus becoming a great concern to our farmers.
The adult Brown Marmorated Stink Bug is about ¾ of an inch long, with a brown, marble –like exterior. Its body resembles a shield shape. It has become a bothersome pest both indoors and outside of structures on warm fall
days in search of protection from the upcoming winter. They will appear occasionally during warm sunny periods in winter, andagain when the warmth of spring finally arrives. In spring the emerging adults mate, and the female will deposit her eggs on the leaves of fruit trees, and by May the nymphs will feed on the fruit trees and by mid-summer the nymphs will molt into adults. They are strong flyers, and will spread out of the infested area looking for a new home for protection from the upcoming winter. The Brown Marmorated Stink Bug will not reproduce inside a structure nor will they harm humans, they become concerning when they become active in the fall and spring.
When squashed or pulled into a vacuum cleaner their smell will become quite apparent.
