Green Stink Bug Revisited

Green Stink Bug (Chinavia hilaris) can be found in most of eastern North America. Both adults and nymphs can cause injury to fruits, including stone fruits, vegetables, and field crops.

Nymph of Green Stink Bug (Chinavia hilaris).

There are two things that I am thankful for regarding this Stink Bug. First, though I have seen a few of these bugs here on my mountain, they have not been a problem in the vegetable garden at all. Second thing that I am thankful for, I don’t find them in my cabin. Say, “Stink Bug” and I immediately think Brown Marmorated Stink Bug. Ugh. Nothing like that.

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Brenda Clements Jones

Brenda is a certified Virginia Master Naturalist, a Habitat Defender for Shenandoah National Park, and a devoted fan of Mother Nature. She lives in a cabin in the Blue Ridge Mountains near Shenandoah National Park, and hikes up to the higher elevations of her mountain often to see what nature is up to. Her constant hiking companion is a camera that captures nature as it unfolds through the seasons. It’s her goal to share the natural world around her through her photographs.