any of various foul-smelling insects; esp., any of a family (Pentatomidae) of hemipterous bugs with a broad, shield-shaped body
stink bug in American English
noun
1.
any of numerous broad, flat bugs of the family Pentatomidae, that emit a disagreeable odor
2.
any of various other malodorous bugs
Word origin
[1875–80, Amer.]This word is first recorded in the period 1875–80. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: authoritarian, fan-tan, massage, overdraft, weekender
Examples of 'stink bug' in a sentence
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Stink bug density was also negatively associated with yield per plant in soybean.
P Dilip Venugopal, Peter L Coffey, Galen P Dively, William O Lamp 2014, 'Adjacent habitat influence on stink bug (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) densities and theassociated damage at field corn and soybean edges.', PLoS ONEhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4190369?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The stink bug ranges in length from 14 to 17 mm.
Yi-Syun Shen, Chao-Chien Hu 2017, 'Irritant contact keratitis caused by the bodily fluids of a brown marmorated stinkbug', Taiwan Journal of Ophthalmologyhttp://www.e-tjo.org/article.asp?issn=2211-5056;year=2017;volume=7;issue=4;spage=221;epage=223;aulast=Shen. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The insecticide bifentrina+carbosulfano showed the higher effectiveness on stink bug control.
J. C. Guerreiro, G. B. Silva, A. P. Azevedo, R. R. Espessato, A. T. Padovan, F. Leite,P. J. Ferreira Filho 2017, 'CONTROL OF DICHELOPS MELACANTHUS WITH INSECTICIDES ASSOCIATED WITH SULPHUR APPLIEDIN DIFFERENT TIMES IN CORN', Scientific Electronic Archiveshttp://www.seasinop.com.br/revista/index.php?journal=SEA&page=article&op=view&path%5B%5D=360&path%5B%5D=pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
No significant differences were seen for green stink bug choice between well-watered and water-stressed plants.
Luisa Ederli, Cecilia Brunetti, Mauro Centritto, Stefano Colazza, Francesca Frati,Francesco Loreto, Giovanni Marino, Gianandrea Salerno, Stefania Pasqualini 2017, 'Infestation of Broad Bean (Vicia faba) by the Green Stink Bug (Nezara viridula) DecreasesShoot Abscisic Acid Contents under Well-Watered and Drought Conditions', Frontiers in Plant Sciencehttp://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpls.2017.00959/full. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
A startled stink bug will react by biting or spraying a foul-smelling liquid from its thorax.
Yi-Syun Shen, Chao-Chien Hu 2017, 'Irritant contact keratitis caused by the bodily fluids of a brown marmorated stinkbug', Taiwan Journal of Ophthalmologyhttp://www.e-tjo.org/article.asp?issn=2211-5056;year=2017;volume=7;issue=4;spage=221;epage=223;aulast=Shen. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
It increased biomass, grain yield and percentage of endosperms without lesions caused by the rice stink bug.
Alberto B. dos Santos, Anne S. Prabhu, Evane Ferreira, Nand K. Fageria 2009, 'Fertilização silicatada na severidade de brusone e na incidência de insetos-pragaem arroz irrigado Silicon fertilization on rice blast severity, insect pest incidence,and grain yield of irrigated rice', Revista Brasileira de Engenharia Agrícola e Ambiental - Agriambihttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1415-43662009000500005. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Necrosis in the cotyledons was found to be very closely related to stink bug attack, depressions and cracked seed.
Jocely A. Maeda, Manoel A. C. Miranda, David Arkcoll, Eduardo Zink 1977, 'Influência de diversos fatores externos sobre a qualidade da semente de soja Influenceof several external factors on the quality of soybean seed', Bragantiahttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0006-87051977000100017. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Pheromone-baited traps can be used in population monitoring and to identify the relative composition of stink bug guilds.
Raúl Alberto Laumann, Maria Carolina Blassioli Moraes, Ashot Khrimian, Miguel Borges 2011, 'Field capture of Thyanta perditor with pheromone-baited traps', Pesquisa Agropecuária Brasileirahttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-204X2011000200001&lng=en&tlng=en. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)