Stink Bug species I have observed
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I found a new-to-me species of Stink Bug yesterday, so I decided to write a journal post listing all the Stink Bug taxa which I have observed so far. That includes seven observations from here in NYC, two from California, and three from Nevis, West Indies. A few of them are ID'ed only to the genus level.
The observations are listed here in chronological order, but I have only listed the first observation of each of the species, not any subsequent observations of the same taxon, except where the ID is only to the genus level.
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2022, September 26th, Pellaea stictica numerous nymphs and some eggs in Encinitas, CA. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/136634313
2022, July 30, Green Stink Bug (Chinavia hilaris) nymph
In NYC. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/128697747
2022, Green Stink Bug (Chinavia hilaris) adult
In NYC. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/127443434
2020, Dusky Stink Bug (Euschritus tristigmus) adult
In NYC. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/58907451
[Supposedly this is also a Dusky Stink Bug in NYC
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/57361817]
2020, Rice Stink Bug (Oebalus pugnax) adult
In NYC. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/56445481
2020, One-spotted Stink Bug (Euschistus variolarius) adult
In NYC. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/46879534
2019, Brown Marmorated Stink Bug (Halyomorpha halys) nymph
In NYC. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/31440819
2019, Bagrada Bug (Bagrada hilaris) adult
San Diego, California. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/33377340
2018, Red-Shouldered Stink Bug (Thyanta custator) adult
In NYC. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/16081372
2018, Twice-stabbed Stink Bug (Cosmopepla lintneriana) adult
In NYC. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/14578429
2018, Red-banded Stink Bug (Piezodorus guildinii) adult
On the island of Nevis, West Indies. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/12361310
2018, Brown Stink Bugs (genus Euschistus) adult
On the island of Nevis, West Indies. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/11519535
2018, Neotropical Red-Shouldered Stink Bug (Thyanta perditor) adult
On the island of Nevis, West Indies. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/11358799
2018, Green Stink Bugs (genus Chinavia) a mating pair of adults
On the island of Nevis, West Indies. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/11277494
2017, Southern Green Stink Bug (nymph) (Nezara viridula)
in San Diego, California. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/7971932
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Fourteen species so far. I hope with a bit of luck to find more soon.
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susanhewitt,
July 23, 2022 09:34 PM
Observations
Photos / Sounds
What
Green Stink Bug (Chinavia hilaris)Observer
susanhewittDescription
On a Basswood leaf.
Photos / Sounds
What
Pellaea sticticaObserver
susanhewittDescription
On an Orchid Tree, a Bauhinea species grown as a street tree.
Many nymphs all over this tree.
Photos / Sounds
What
Pellaea sticticaObserver
susanhewittDescription
On an Orchid Tree, a Bauhinea species grown as a street tree.
There were numerous nymphs all over this tree, and a few had fallen to the ground also.
Photos / Sounds
What
Pellaea sticticaObserver
susanhewittDescription
On an Orchid Tree, a Bauhinea species grown as a street tree.
Comments
I have never smelled a stink from any of them.
Under what circumstances do they release the pungent smell?
Great question Susan. I have seen hundreds of them, and always wondered why I never smelled anything. Two things come to mind. Maybe it's like that high school chemistry experiment where some folks can smell this particular chemical and some can't do to their individual genetics, or maybe you have to smash them to smell it. I've never felt the need to do that. Also, many people claim that Copperhead snakes (Agkistrodon contortrix) smell like cucumbers. I've slept in a room full of copperheads, handled many of them, kept them for educational programs, and I never smelled anything much at all from them, let alone something like cucumbers.
I have assumed they don't release a smell because I handle the stink bugs gently and peacefully, and so they don't feel in fear of their lives?
Maybe @lupoli_roland knows the answer to this question?
@rtwhitson -- well, cucumbers don't really smell of anything unless you slice them up, and even then they just smell sort of green and fresh, not a very noticeable aroma.
I think they only stink when you crush them.
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