Stink Bugs Giving Bed Bugs A Better Name

The brown marmorated stink bug  is damaging fruit and vegetable crops in Middle Atlantic states, reaching critical levers, the New York Times said siting a government report.

It is also providing problems for homeowners when the little suckers move into their homes. When one steps on the bugs, or they get ticked off, the shoot out a terrible odor that smells like a skunk.

“Farmers in Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and other states are battling a pest whose appetite has left dry boreholes in everything from apples and grapes to tomatoes and soybeans,” the Times reported. “No one seems to know how. Government and university researchers say they need more time to study the bug, which has been in the United States since about 1998. Native to Asia, it was first found in Allentown, Pa., and has no natural enemies here.”

There does not seem any immediate solution for the bugs that continue to travel to new states as they seek warm homes.

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