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Brochymena quadripustulata - Four-humped Stink Bug or Halyomorpha halys - Brown Marmorated Stink Bug?

Brochymena quadripustulata - Four-humped Stink Bug or Halyomorpha halys - Brown Marmorated Stink Bug?
Tracys Landing, Anne Arundel County, Maryland, USA
June 6, 2015
I think this is different than the Halyomorpha halys - Brown Marmorated Stink Bug that has invaded our area but I am not sure. Probably the only reason I took a photo of it was that I amused that it was crawling on a purple piece of trash on the beach. This one looks more like the Brochymena quadripustulata - Four-humped Stink Bug, but the two species do look similar to me. This may be just another Brown Marmorated Stink Bug as our area has been very heavily invaded by them.

This one was by itself and it was in a location less favored by the Brown Marmorated Stink Bugs. They don't seem to like the beaches for whatever reason which is strange because they seem to love sunny places with lots of hiding places.

quadripustulata, yes
the commonest one
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Moved from Rough Stink Bugs.

Moved
Moved from ID Request.

Brochymena
Easiest way to ID Halyomorpha halys is by the white bands on the antennae. As your stink bug lacks those white bands, it is not that species. It does look very much like Brochymena quadripustulata to me.

 
Thanks!
Thanks, I knew there had to be some stink bugs other than the Brown Marmorated Stink Bugs (BMSB) that have invaded. Now I can look at the antennae for the ones that are not obviously the BMSBs.

I'm sure that all native species have an important role to play in our environment so I will have to read up on that and be more sympathetic to the native species, despite my negative feeling towards the BSMBs. The BMSB's are respectable in that they seem to be quite smart and are quick learners.

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