What are they like? Where can be found?
2006-10-04 20:03:15 · 6 answers · asked by cucumis_sativus 5 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
The are a beetle so they resemble medium roaches.
I think "Stink Bug" is kinda of a slang expression that is applied to a number different beetles and there are other proper scientific names for them.
They move rather slow and when you smash them you know it was a stink bug because of the smell.
Kinda of a real green smell. When one gets in the house and the kids smash it you can tell by the smell sitting across the room what it was, but you don't have to evacuate the room. There are a few different types.
Some have very hard shells and really crunch when you smoosh them. I live in the Mid-West in the United States and normally will see them in the fall.
Some people call the wood asp (red and black) a stink bug but the crunchy ones have more smell to them
(they're black).
2006-10-04 20:45:03 · answer #1 · answered by Red 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Shield bug and stink bug (or shieldbug and stinkbug) are common names applied to various insects of the Hemiptera order (the "true bugs"), in the Heteroptera suborder. Shield bugs have glands in their thorax between the first and second pair of legs which produce a foul smelling liquid. This liquid is used defensively to deter potential predators and is sometimes released when the bugs are handled carelessly. The stink comes from aldehydes and is chemically similar to pheromones. The nymphs are similar to adults, except smaller and without wings, the nymphs also have stink glands.
The nymphs and adults have piercing mouthparts which most use to suck sap from plants, although some eat other insects. When they group in large numbers they can become significant pests.
The superfamily Pentatomoidea consists of generally shield-shaped true bugs, with the families listed to the right.
Other species that resemble shield bugs are found in the Coreoidea superfamily.
2006-10-05 06:30:23 · answer #2 · answered by Mye 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Stinkbug, common name applied to a number of species of bugs that secrete a persistent disagreeable odour that protects it from enemies and remains on plants over which the bug walks. The odour comes from two glands on the thorax. One family alone contains more than 5,000 species. A major group of stinkbugs, which are known as shield bugs, are broad, flat insects with five-jointed antennae. Their colour is usually green, grey, and brown; some are coloured bright red and black or bright yellow and black. Shield bugs vary in their food habits, some being exclusively carnivorous and others being exclusively plant feeders.
2006-10-05 03:07:04 · answer #3 · answered by Brandon 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They stink when squished. Kind of like an earwig if I remember. It's been years and that was in the midwest area.
2006-10-05 03:05:23 · answer #4 · answered by Chloe 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Generally in the Demoratic / Liberal Party.
2006-10-05 03:04:25 · answer #5 · answered by Eldude 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They stink! They are found in feces-hence the name sink-bug!
2006-10-05 10:36:22 · answer #6 · answered by baddassadj 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋