ID, please

October 23, 2019

I don't think this is a garden pest, but I'm anxious to ID it- I found it in my drinking cup in my bathroom- (almost drank it-yuk!) The reason I'm nervous is because my next door neighbor is having his house treated for bedbugs! I've looked at images and it doesn't appear that it is one, but help would be appreciated.
I am really unhappy that we don't get emails any more when there's a reply to our post. By the way, his body was only about 1/4" long.

brownrexx · October 23, 2019

Stinkbug and they are definitely garden pests.

Bedbugs are almost microscopic.

Dutch · October 23, 2019

Yep! Looks similar to the Stinkbugs we have in Wisconsin.
The first one found in the USA was in September of 1998 in Allentown, Pennsylvania
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_...ated_stink_bug
Dutch
P.S. Allentown reminds me of a song (lots of things do)..

GoDawgs · October 23, 2019

Agree with others. They tend to want to get indoors in the fall like lady bugs do.

SQWIBB · October 23, 2019

I don't believe that is a stink bug, it looks like a squash bug.

brownrexx · October 24, 2019

I still think that it's a stink bug. Stink bugs are more rounded than the squash bugs which are slimmer and in my area they are a darker color, more of a gray than brown.

Interestingly, today I found a stink bug on the wall behind my kitchen faucet! He is now smashed and in my trash bag

Worth1 · October 25, 2019

Anasa tristis

SpookyShoe · October 25, 2019

Stink bugs are not called stink bugs for no good reason. Crush the bug and you will know if it is a stink bug. Sickly sweet odor.

teyger · December 23, 2019

Rhopalidae, or scentless plant bugs. So, pretty much the opposite of stink bugs. Lol

October 23, 2019	#3
Dutch Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: S.E. Wisconsin Zone 5b Posts: 1,831	Yep! Looks similar to the Stinkbugs we have in Wisconsin. The first one found in the USA was in September of 1998 in Allentown, Pennsylvania https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_...ated_stink_bug Dutch P.S. Allentown reminds me of a song (lots of things do).. __________________ "Discretion is the better part of valor" Charles Churchill The intuitive mind is a gift, and the rational mind is a faithful servant. But we have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift. (paraphrased) Albert Einstein I come from a long line of sod busters, spanning back several centuries.

October 25, 2019	#8
SpookyShoe Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: El Lago, Texas Posts: 1,100	Stink bugs are not called stink bugs for no good reason. Crush the bug and you will know if it is a stink bug. Sickly sweet odor. __________________ Donna, Zone 9, Texas Gulf Coast

October 23, 2019	#2
brownrexx Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2016 Location: Southeastern PA Posts: 1,420	Stinkbug and they are definitely garden pests. Bedbugs are almost microscopic.

October 23, 2019	#4
GoDawgs Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2018 Location: Augusta area, Georgia, 8a/7b Posts: 1,685	Agree with others. They tend to want to get indoors in the fall like lady bugs do.

October 23, 2019	#5
SQWIBB Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2018 Location: Philly 7A Posts: 739	I don't believe that is a stink bug, it looks like a squash bug.

October 24, 2019	#6
brownrexx Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2016 Location: Southeastern PA Posts: 1,420	I still think that it's a stink bug. Stink bugs are more rounded than the squash bugs which are slimmer and in my area they are a darker color, more of a gray than brown. Interestingly, today I found a stink bug on the wall behind my kitchen faucet! He is now smashed and in my trash bag

October 25, 2019	#7
Worth1 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Den of Drunken Fools Posts: 38,539	Anasa tristis

December 23, 2019	#9
teyger Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Nov 2016 Location: Lake Charles, Louisiana Posts: 21	Rhopalidae, or scentless plant bugs. So, pretty much the opposite of stink bugs. Lol