What is a Stink Bug??

Stink Bugs, also known as Brown Marmorated stink bugs, are originally from Japan, China, Taiwan, and South Korea. These bugs can grow to almost 3/4 of an inch in size when fully grown. They come in various colors such as brown, gray, or dark green and have a shield-like shape with alternating light and dark bands on their antennae and abdomen.

Their stink glands are situated on the lower side of the thorax, between their first and second pair of legs. Normally, stink bugs only reproduce once a year, but favorable conditions during warm springs and summers can lead to multiple reproductive cycles. During warmer months, female stink bugs lay large clusters of eggs on the undersides of leaves and stems.

After hatching, the nymphs, which do not have wings, go through five immature stages before reaching adulthood and growing wings.

Stink Bugs, aka Brown Marmorated stink bug, native to Japan, China, Taiwan and South Korea, can be almost 3/4 of an inch in size as an adult. They can be brown, gray or dark green and are shaped like a shield. They have alternating light bands on the antennae and dark bands on the thin outer edge of the abdomen.
Stink bugs have stink glands located on their thorax, between the first and second pair of legs. Typically reproducing once a year, they can multiply more frequently in warm spring and summer conditions. Females deposit eggs under leaves during warm months, leading to hatching of wingless nymphs that mature into full-sized, winged adults through five stages.

Adult stink bugs are most active in spring to fall when they seek shelter indoors from the cold, often landing on curtains, lampshades, and furniture in our homes.