Yellow-spotted stink bug
Erthesina fullo
The yellow-spotted stink bug is a shield-shaped bug from Asia. It sucks juice from many kinds of plants, including fruit trees. Like all stink bugs, it can make a nasty smell when it is bothered.
Lives in
East and Southeast Asia, and now also Albania and Brazil
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless to people. It may just make a bad smell if you pick it up.
What does it eat?
It drinks juice from dozens of plants, including apple, cherry, pear and kiwi fruit.
How fast is it?
A garden snail about 0.05 km/h (0.03 mph)
Yellow-spotted stink bug about 0.2 km/h (0.12 mph)
A tortoise about 0.3 km/h (0.19 mph)
A person walking about 5 km/h (3.1 mph)
cool stuff
Fun facts
1
It is one of the most widespread plant-eating pests in Asia.
2
It has travelled to Europe and South America by accident.
3
Scientists think it could also settle in large parts of America, Africa, southern Europe and Australia.
you asked
Most asked questions about Yellow-spotted stink bug
?Is the yellow-spotted stink bug harmful?
Not to people, but it damages fruit like apples, pears and kiwis.
?Where does the yellow-spotted stink bug live?
In East and Southeast Asia, and it has spread to Albania and Brazil.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Erthesina fullo
- Group
- True bugs and cicadas
- Family
- Pentatomidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Hemiptera > Pentatomidae
- Lives on
- Asia, Europe, South America
- Also known as
- Yellow marmorated stink bug
Where the facts come from
- Erthesina fullo (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 Yasunori Koide. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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