stink+bug

__**Stink Bugs**__

**Introduction**
media type="custom" key="9289106" Stink Bugs, //Halyomorpha// //Halys//. The adult stink bugs are easy to recognize, they have wide bodies shaped like shields and a long triangular body. When you look at the stink bugs you can see their sucking mouth part. Stink bugs usually stay around warmer areas of the United States. Some southern United States stink bugs are quite common and sometimes spreads north to New England states in years of abundance.

**Location**
The **stink bugs** in question are **Chinese** imports, first reported around Allentown, Pa., in 1996. They usually stay around warm weather/ areas. They are most commonly observed in North America and most of them live in the southern part.

Invasive Qualities
Stink bugs for the most parts feed on agricultural crops. If there are a couple stink bugs, they can get some damage but when there is a huge population of stink bugs, they will destroy crops. Stink bugs do not have mouths, they have piercing sucking mouth parts that they use to suck the juices out of plants, vegetable and fruit. This also causes scars to fruits and makes it unsellable which does effect the economy.

**Control**
The USDA’s Agricultural Research Service is working on a pheromone trap, similar to those that attract Japanese beetles with a come-hither scent. In my opinion if the USDA is worried about it, it must be a problem for most people.