Brown marmorated stink bug

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7517.      I live on Ile Bizard. A small bedroom community off the Island of Montreal in the Des Prairies river. Its winter, house is closed up tight. Last night this thing came flying into my home office as i sat by my computer. It headed straight for the desk lamp. Never saw such a big flying bug in my house before ever. I freaked out. I have a fly killer toy called “The Bug-A- Salt ” which is basically a shotgun that shoots spray of table salt like a shotgun shoots pellets out to about 3 feet. I use it to kill house flies in summer. It took only one shot to disable this thing. Looks like I shot off part of one wing. This morning it’s still twitching. Flies are tougher actually to kill. I took a few pictures and here we are. What the hell is it, where does it come from and can I expect more of them? L’île-bizard, QC. Canada

 

Number 7517.   This is a brown marmorated stink bug, Halyomorpha halys (Hemiptera/Heteroptera: Pentatomidae), an introduced species that has become a widespread pest in much of North America. See Brown marmorated stink bug detailed information .

 

 

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  1. Arny Silverman says:

    Thanks for the reply and the identification of this creature. Although it’s called a Stink Bug I haven’t noticed any stink or strange odors
    in the. House I have no idea how it got in here other than maybe it hitched a ride in or on a package I got from online purchases. I’m keeping my eyes open for the eggs as per the description in the link you provided. If I find any eggs I’ll let you know. Thanks again.

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