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Another Year Of Brown Marmorated Stink Bugs

The ubiquitous, Brown Marmorated Stink Bug (Halyomorpha halys). Or simply the BMSB.

It is for sure ubiquitous around my cabin now. It is their season it seems. Certainly their season to try to enter homes to spend the winter. This photograph is just a few of the BMSBs on a window screen, waiting for an opportunity to sneak, to squeeze, to enter my cabin in any way possible. Many are successful, making them quite the invasive pest. They’re also an agricultural pest, an economic threat to farmers.

The Brown Marmorated Stink Bug is originally from East Asia, including China, Japan, and Korea. It hitched a ride somehow to the this continent but it isn’t known exactly how. It was first seen in Allentown, Pennsylvania, in 1996, and can now be found in many parts of North America.

There are some native creatures that will prey on BMSBs, including other insects, birds and spiders.

I was really pleased to witness an Orb Weaver that had captured this BMSB, wrapped it up in its silk and was proceeding to eat it. In this picture the Stink Bug is up-side-down and the Orb Weaver is underneath, on the left side of the image. I really hope the spiders that are spinning their webs to decorate my cabin for Halloween are eating many, many of these ubiquitous pests!

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6 responses to “Another Year Of Brown Marmorated Stink Bugs”

  1. Once again, I feel like I’m in your backyard. I’ve noticed the stink bugs as well. They are all trying to get in our house. While we were out driving today, we found one in the car! My husband carefully removed it with a tissue. 🙂

    • Oh NO! Diane, I sure do hope that the stink bugs you have are not the Brown Marmorated Stink Bugs! They are absolutely horrible pests! As I recall you are in Georgia. Am I remember correctly? Where in the state? I’m sure we share many BETTER critters!!

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      Bren

  2. We’ve been visited by many more stinkers than in the past! Always interesting to learn new nature facts from you!

    • Oh MY! What a bummer! Aren’t you guys in a high-rise in Arlington? If I’m remembering correctly I’m really surprised that they have found you. My vision of their perfect place is a cabin surrounded by woods, with that target on the roof. We don’t have the target but we sure do have the Brown Marmorated Stink Bugs!!

      I sure do enjoy seeing where you are traveling to, from one month to the next!

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      Bren

  3. quick comment that the lantern fly came in from the Allentown area as well. I’m not pegging Allentown in Particular, after all it could be Lower Macungie or Slateville. but the area.

    • Hi Ken! Are you from southeastern Pennsylvania? I have TONS of cousins up there and expect I am related to half the folks there. But I don’t see any Cranstons listed in my genealogy notes. In looking for the place where the dreaded spotted lanternfly was first found, I only see Berks County named (or blamed). Please be gentle with Allentown! 🙂

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      Bren