The green stink bug has needle like mouth parts to suck on the juices of plants. Adults tend to like developing seeds on plants making it a pest for production crops. It is a bright green shield shaped insect. When disturbed the bug has a stink gland that secretes foul smelling liquids. When the stink bug reproduces its nymphs are brightly colored and striped.
The habitat I sampled for the stink bug was a field of soybeans. I followed a zig-zag pattern as a sampled the field(see below). Results can vary depending on a sampling pattern depending on how much of the field is covered. Each sample spot was ten swipes with a net. My results in each spots were:
#1- 4 nymphs, 0 adults
#2- 1 nymph, 1 adult
#3- 2 nymphs, 0 adults
#4- 1 nymph, 0 adults
#5- 2 nymphs, 0 adults
#6- 4 nymphs, 0 adults
#7- 10 nymphs, 1 adult
#8- 27 nymphs, 0 adults
#9- 1 nymph, 0 adults
#10- 4 nymphs, 1 adult
#11- 3 nymphs, 1 adult
#12- 0 nymphs, 0 adults
#13- 0 nymphs, 1 adult
#14- 5 nymphs, 1 adult
#15- 5 nymphs, 0 adults
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