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Latest WI Pest: Brown Marmorated Stink Bug

The hits just keep coming, in the form of more unwanted 6-legged visitors whose real home is across the seas.

 

A surge of invasive insects has washed over our Libertyville neighborhood Pewaukee and Wisconsin in the past 2 decades: the emerald ash borer and Asian beetle to name a few. All are resident to foreign countries. All have caused environmental and economic mayhem in the U.S., where no natural predators exist to control them.

 

The latest invader winging its way here will literally make a smell.

 

The brown marmorated stink bug is ¾-inch long, with a wide back side that tapers to a point, and a rectangular head with long antennae. Native to China and east Asia, the insect has been journeying west since being first discovered in Pennsylvania in 2001.

 

Its name is well-deserved. When smushed or crushed, the brown marmorated stink bug emits a strong, overpowering you'd invite into your Libertyville home, right?

 

Fortunately, the brown marmorated stink bug hasn't arrived in large numbers in Libertyville or Wisconsin. Stink bug control isn't much of an issue yet. Yet it's only a matter of time.

 

Farmers dislike them for more than their stink. The stink bug feed on tree fruits, vegetables, sweet corn and soybeans. Mid-Atlantic apple growers sustained an estimated $37 million in crop losses in 2010 to marmorated stink bugs.

 

The Asian invasive has a relative that is native to the U.S. The brown stink bug looks a lot like the brown marmorated version, except the colors of their undersides are different. We somehow doubt you'll get that far identifying them, though.

 

Brown marmorated stink bugs like to winter inside Libertyville homes. If you step on one, you'll figure it out quickly. The nose knows. If you see more in your Libertyville home or yard, don't smush them – contact The Mosquito Guy to address their presence in a safe, non-smelly fashion.  Unlike these bugs, we'll never stink up your joint.

Getting Rid of The Unwanted Insect: Brown Marmorated Stink Bug near Libertyville, IL

 
 
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