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Halyomorpha halys
Tiny insects that hatched from eggs on a marigold from my garden. The marigold and a pink zinnia were in a vase inside, and the insects began to appear after a week or so. I've added a picture of one a couple days later in the second instar, shedding its exoskeleton.
Spotted on Aug 17, 2016
Submitted on Aug 17, 2016
8 Comments
Thanks for the ID, RikMartin.
Cuties
Not certain but look like brown marmorated stink bug
scientific name: Halyomorpha halys Stål
take a look here https://njaes.rutgers.edu/stinkbug/ident...
great series!
Thank you Gilma!
Great Series, GraceWhite. Lovely creature!
Thanks for the suggestion, Green Nature. They do look a lot like harlequin bug nymphs, though the eggs are different. Pictures of harlequin eggs that I'm seeing online are striped. These are probably a near relative though. I get lots of different stink bugs in the garden.
sure does look like a Harlequin bug or nymph. They are real garden pests in the South. I see your picture shows it's on a flower in large numbers. In the garden, they can munch away at cole crops such as broccoli and cabbage. They are not beetles, rather they are stink bugs.
http://greennature.com/article249.html