Pest Organisms / Brown Marmorated Stink Bug
Identification
for Brown Marmorated Stink Bug
Adults are roughly ½–⅝ inch long — sources give about 15 mm (≈⅝ in) up to around 17 mm — with the flattened, five-sided stink-bug shield shape in a mottled mix of browns. Source: https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/ent-90 Source: https://extension.psu.edu/brown-marmorated-stink-bug The most reliable marks are the pale bands on the antennae and the alternating dark-and-light blocks along the exposed rim of the abdomen. Source: https://ask.ifas.ufl.edu/publication/IN623 Source: https://extension.umn.edu/yard-and-garden-insects/brown-marmorated-stink-bug The shoulder behind the head is smooth and rounded, not spined. Source: https://ipm.ucanr.edu/PMG/PESTNOTES/pn74169.html