Japan's farmers struggle with mass generation of stink bugs

An important, but in perspective very small, example of the growing problems that will happen around the world thanks to climate change.

Horrible little insects. Don't squash them.

More pesticides on our food. Yum!

They are eaten in Mexico- particularly in the states of Morelos and Guerrero. They say the flavor resembles cinnamon, or sometimes a bitter medicinal flavor. The bugs can be used for making sauces or as taco filling.

Maybe a new business plan?

My local combini sometimes has to use brooms to sweep them away. A friend of mine recently moved house because she hates them so much. Don’t stand on them!

Their range is extending in North America too as northerly latitudes warm up.

So those harsher winters, like last yr (2021-2022), due to climate change, arent killing the bugs ?

" global warming and other issues."

Wonder wot those other issues might be.....

eat the bugs or you will eat more pesticide. you choose

Eat stinky bugs?

Predators of brown marmorated stink bugs include:

Birds

Bats

Spiders

Assassin bugs

Predatory stink bugs

Parasitic flies

One of them fell into my cooked barbeque meat one evening while camping.

I will never forget biting down on it.

buchailldana

way too much info, just ate lunch.

I think they've been the cause of the death of one of my Garden Trees :(