Brown Marmorated Stink Bug

Scientific name: Halyomorpha halys Stål

Common name: Brown marmorated stink bug

Native To: Eastern Asia

Date of U.S. Introduction: First collected in 1998 in Allentown, Pennsylvania, but probably arrived several years earlier

Images: Invasive.org and Google

Means of Introduction: Possibly arrived in shipping crates from Asia

Impact: Feeds on a variety of plants, including fruit trees, ornamentals, and some crops

Current U.S. Distribution:

• Northeastern U.S., Mid-Atlantic Region, and Pacific Northwest
• National Agricultural Pest Information System - Pest Tracker - Reported Status

Management Plans: Animals

Selected Internet Resources:

• Federal Government
• State Government
• University/Academic
• International
• Organizations

Brown Marmorated Stink Bug
Environmental Protection Agency.
Identification/Description; Photographs; Impacts

Halyomorpha halys Article Citation Search - AGRICOLA Database
USDA. National Agricultural Library.
Research; Special Note: NAL Catalog Search (resources)

Regional Pest Alert: Brown Marmorated Stink Bug (PDF | 212 KB)
USDA. NIFA. Northeastern Integrated Pest Management Center.
Identification/Description; Photographs; Introduction History; Impacts; Life Cycle; Dispersion

Brown Marmorated Stink Bug (Halyomorpha halys) (PDF | 416 KB)
County of Los Angeles (California). Agricultural Commissioner/Weights and Measures Department.
Identification/Description; Photographs; Impacts

Brown Marmorated Stink Bug
Minnesota Department of Agriculture.
Identification/Description; Photographs; Introduction History; Impacts; Life Cycle; Dispersion

Pest Alert: Brown Marmorated Stink Bug (PDF | 1.05 MB)
Oregon Department of Agriculture.
Identification/Description; Photographs; Introduction History; Impacts

Brown Marmorated Stink Bug Bug Facts
Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture.
Identification/Description; Photographs; Introduction History; Impacts; Life Cycle; Distribution

Brown Marmorated Stink Bug: A New Pest to Watch Out For (PDF | 74 KB)
Clemson University (South Carolina). Cooperative Extension Service.
Identification/Description; Photographs; Introduction History; Impacts

Brown Marmorated Stink Bug Project
Cornell University. Cooperative Extension.
Identification/Description; Photographs; Introduction History; Impacts; Distribution

Brown Marmorated Stink Bug (from China, Japan, and Korea) (Oct 2003; PDF | 42 KB)
Cornell University (New York). Cooperative Extension of Oneida County.
Identification/Description; Photographs; Introduction History; Impacts; Life Cycle; Distribution; Controls

Brown Marmorated Stink Bug (Halyomorpha halys)
eXtension.org.
Introduction History; Distribution; Dispersion

Brown marmorated stink bug - Featured Creatures
University of Florida. Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences.
Taxonomy; Identification/Description; Photographs; Introduction History; Impacts; Life Cycle; Distribution; Controls; Special Note: References

Brown Marmorated Stink Bug, Halyomorpha halys Ståhl (Insecta: Hemiptera: Pentatomidae)
University of Florida. Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences.
Identification/Description; Photographs; Introduction History; Impacts; Life Cycle; Distribution; Controls

Brown Marmorated Stink Bug (Jan 2008; PDF | 569 KB)
Ohio State University Extension.
Identification/Description; Photographs; Introduction History; Impacts; Life Cycle; Distribution; Controls

Brown Marmorated Stink Bug - Entomological Notes
Pennsylvania State University. College of Agricultural Sciences. Entomology.
Identification/Description; Photographs; Impacts; Life Cycle; Distribution; Controls

Brown Marmorated Stink Bug, Halyomorpha halys (PDF | 144 KB)
Pennsylvania State University. College of Agricultural Sciences. Cooperative Extension.
Photographs; Impacts; Life Cycle; Controls

Brown Marmorated Stink Bug
Purdue University. Indiana Cooperative Agricultural Pest Survey Program.
Photographs; Impacts; Distribution

Monitoring for the Brown Marmorated Stink Bug
Rutgers University. New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station.
Identification/Description; Photographs; Impacts; Controls

Pest Alert: Brown Marmorated Stink Bug (May 2011; PDF | 430 KB)
British Columbia Ministry of Agriculture (Canada).
Identification/Description; Photographs; Impacts; Life Cycle; Distribution

Pest Alert: Brown Marmorated Stink Bug
Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food, and Rural Affairs (Canada).
Identification/Description; Photographs; Impacts; Distribution; Dispersion

Brown marmorated stink bug
Invasive.org.
Identification/Description; Photographs

Brown Marmorated Stink Bug: Invader of the Month (Oct 2008)
Maryland Invasive Species Council.
Photographs; Introduction History; Impacts; Distribution

Brown Marmorated Stink Bug
Massachusetts Introduced Pests Outreach Project.
Identification/Description; Photographs; Impacts

Brown Marmorated Stink Bug
National Wildlife Federation.
Identification/Description; Photographs; Introduction History; Impacts; Controls

Halyomorpha halys
TexasInvasives.org.
Taxonomy; Identification/Description; Photographs; Introduction History; Impacts; Life Cycle; Habitat; Distribution; Controls; Legal Aspects