Green Stink Bug

Orchards, gardens, woodlands, and agricultural fields across North America

Herbivorous; feeds on a wide variety of plants including tomatoes, peas, corn, and fruit trees using piercing-sucking mouthparts

Notable for releasing a pungent, foul-smelling liquid from thoracic glands when threatened; they undergo incomplete metamorphosis (egg, nymph, adult) and are most active in late summer

Major agricultural pest that causes scarring and deformations in crops; harmless to humans but can be a nuisance if they enter homes during fall to overwinter