Brown Marmorated Stink Bug

Agricultural fields, orchards, gardens, and urban settings; often seeks shelter in buildings and homes during winter.

Herbivorous; feeds on a wide variety of plants including fruit trees, vegetables, and ornamental plants by piercing the plant tissue to suck out juices.

Known for their 'stinking' defense mechanism which involves releasing a pungent odor from glands when threatened or crushed; they undergo simple metamorphosis from egg to nymph to adult.

Considered a major agricultural pest that can damage crops; for humans, they are a nuisance pest in homes but do not bite or sting. They provide little ecological benefit in non-native regions.