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

Brown Marmorated Stink Bug
Arthropods Daily · No. 53 Brown Marmorated Stink BugHalyomorpha halys
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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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This is not intended to be a dry lexicon. Personal stories and sensitive articles form the framework for our pictures: „A song in rustling leaves“ To help us understand his world, a eurasian running crab spider has composed a brief poem.

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