Rice stink bug
The rice stink bug is a slim, straw-coloured bug shaped like a little shield. It has sharp points on its shoulders and a yellow triangle on its back. Farmers in the southern United States know it well, because it loves rice.
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Fun facts
It sucks out the inside of growing rice grains and leaves empty or shrivelled ones.
It travels in big groups and quickly moves from field to field looking for better food.
It also lives in wild grasses, which makes it hard for farmers to get rid of.
It has been known as a pest since 1775, when it was first described.
Most asked questions about Rice stink bug
?Is the rice stink bug harmful?
Not to people. But it is a big pest in rice fields.
?What does the rice stink bug eat?
Juice from young seeds of rice, wheat, sorghum and wild grasses.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Oebalus pugnax
- Named by
- Fabricius, 1775
- Group
- True bugs and cicadas
- Family
- Pentatomidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Hemiptera > Pentatomidae
- Lives on
- North America
Where the facts come from
- Oebalus pugnax (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
- Picture by Ilona Loser. CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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