Please send this to your County Extension service. There are all sorts of new invasive species that are destroying our gardens and trees that they are trying to track.
Google County Extension, agriculture, and your town and zip for their email.
Hi, looks like a stink bug. Such named because if you squish it, well you get the picture. Will damage fruit. Lives a couple of months. Common household bug sprays work on them. Good luck.
hi Paula, I live in Pennsylvania too. So I have found your bug. It is harmful to plants. Of course I had to google it. Here is the official name. chinavia hilaris. Google away and enjoy learning all about this guy. He does leave a bad odor on your skin though.
Hi Paula, I answered this a while ago but I see that my answer is missing. That’s worrisome. Maybe I didn’t hit a button. Anyway... I found your bug and it will not harm people. It is a Chinavia hilaris
They are prehistoric looking for sure with their back that looks like a shield of armor. They are stink bugs. They do let out a scent similar to cilantro (and not in a good way) when threatened or squished. They ruin autumn for me as they hangout on all the window screens and they want to move in with you for the winter months. They freak me out when they fly too.
I have a lot of raspberry bushes in my yard that I use to make jam and other stuff. Last year I noticed that some tasted like a stink bug smells so couldn’t use the...
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Please send this to your County Extension service. There are all sorts of new invasive species that are destroying our gardens and trees that they are trying to track.
Google County Extension, agriculture, and your town and zip for their email.
Hi, looks like a stink bug. Such named because if you squish it, well you get the picture. Will damage fruit. Lives a couple of months. Common household bug sprays work on them. Good luck.
Hi, where do you live? It may help us figure out what type it is
You chopped off half the beetle in the picture, but it looks to be a stink bug nymph... https://www.ent.iastate.edu/imagegal/hemiptera/stinkbug/green_stink_bug_nymph.html
hi Paula, I live in Pennsylvania too. So I have found your bug. It is harmful to plants. Of course I had to google it. Here is the official name. chinavia hilaris. Google away and enjoy learning all about this guy. He does leave a bad odor on your skin though.
http://driftlessprairies.org/bio-inventory/insect-inventory/hemiptera-true-bugs-cicadas-hoppers-aphids-allies/pentatomidae-stink-bugs/green-stink-bug-chinavia-hilaris/
have you looked on the internet? that is one ugly bug
Hi Paula, I answered this a while ago but I see that my answer is missing. That’s worrisome. Maybe I didn’t hit a button. Anyway... I found your bug and it will not harm people. It is a Chinavia hilaris
https://bugguide.net/node/view/9066
it does eat plants ie. Fruits and veggies
They are prehistoric looking for sure with their back that looks like a shield of armor. They are stink bugs. They do let out a scent similar to cilantro (and not in a good way) when threatened or squished. They ruin autumn for me as they hangout on all the window screens and they want to move in with you for the winter months. They freak me out when they fly too.
Definitely a stink bug; my parents deal with them in Virginia as well.