Did you know that the brown marmorated stink bug (the one we all hate) wasn’t always crawling around the North American continent??
In fact, this species of insect was only very recently discovered in the United States!
Where do these insects come from? Why are they here?
谁发现了他们？
Keep reading to find out all about the origins of this mysterious little bug!
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Where Did The Stink Bug Come From?
Thebrown marmorated stinkbug is actually native to the Asian continent!
So, how’d it get to the mainland United States?!
人们普遍猜测，来自亚洲的货船涉及到太平洋的少数昆虫，然后进入美国土壤，在那里它们开始迅速繁殖。
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Native Countries For Stink Bugs
棕色的臭虫可以在其自然栖息地中找到几个Asian countries, as listed below.
- 中国
- Japan
- Taiwan
- 韩国
- Myanmar
- Vietnam
第一个臭虫在哪里检测到哪里？
In 1998, the first sighting of what we know today as the brown marmorated stink bug occurred in Allentown,Pennsylvania. These suspected insects were for collected for testing and confirmation of their species.
In 2001,the insects were confirmedto be the brown marmorated stink bug, and the sighting three years prior proved to be a landmark one.
This marked the first time anyone had ever confirmed one of these insects on the North American continent! After this groundbreaking confirmation, entomologists across the country welcomed reports of brown marmorated stink bug sightings from Americans.
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For a little more insight on identifying brown marmorated stink bugs in North America, listen to what Tracy Leskey, a research entomologist with the USDA, has to say about their spread throughout the continent.
What About Other Stink Bugs?
Here’s where the language gets tricky: there areotherstink bugs whicharenative to the United States.
The difference?
They’re notbrown marmoratedstink bugs. The棕色的臭虫是亚洲本地的昆虫，以及其他一些人一直在这里。
Green Stink Bugs
这些小家伙是盾形的（就像他们的棕色莫尔莫尔表亲一样），但具有光滑的酸橙绿色身体。他们的绿色盾牌背部周围有一条明亮的橙色带，通常它们与树木上的叶子无缝地融合在一起。
Green stink bugs can usually be foundin all areas美国大陆，甚至北至魁北克。但是，这些昆虫在墨西哥湾沿岸地区和东南州最普遍。
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Brown Stink Bugs
Not to be confused with their Asian cousins, brown stink bugs are actually native to the United States. These insect do look similar to the brown marmorated stink bug (the non-native, Asian invasive species), but with a few notable exceptions.
The brown stink bugs tend to be totally brown or tan, whereas the brown marmorated stink bugs feature white stripes along their banded areas and antennae.
Brown stink bugs are distributed evenly through the United States and Southern Canada.
臭虫是如何到达美国的？
人们普遍猜测，来自亚洲的货船涉及到太平洋的少数昆虫，然后进入美国土壤，在那里它们开始迅速繁殖。
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关于臭虫起源的最终想法…
Though it may seem like the pesky stink bug is a regular ol’ part of life, things weren’t always this way!
Now that we’ve uncovered the mystery of where these smelly bugs come from, now you’ll be able to recognize whether you’ve got one of these new species crawling in your home!
