Arthropods Daily – Issue No. 53: Brown Marmorated Stink Bug No. 53 |

Brown Marmorated Stink Bug
Brown Marmorated Stink Bug (Halyomorpha halys) – species of family “Stink Bugs“

The brown marmorated stink bug (Halyomorpha halys) is an insect in the family Pentatomidae, native to China, Japan, the Korean Peninsula, and Taiwan. In September 1998 it was collected in Allentown, Pennsylvania, where it is believed to have been accidentally introduced. The nymphs and adults of the brown marmorated stink bug feed on over 100 species of plants, including many agricultural crops, and by 2010–11 had become a season-long pest in orchards in the Eastern United...

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„Brown Marmorated Stink Bug“ also appeared in the following editions of Arthropods Daily