Stink Bug

The brown marmorated stink bug, is in the insect family Pentatomidae and is known as an agricultural pest. They are a nuisance both indoors and out when it is attracted to the outside outside of houses on warm fall days in search of protected, overwintering sites. BMSB occasionally reappears during warmer sunny periods throughout the winter and again as it emerges in the spring.

It feeds on a wide variety of host plants. Fruits attacked include apples, peaches, figs, mullberries, citrus fruits and persimmons.