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A Scientific Report - A Stink Bug By Jake Fordham

Introduction: The stink bug is also known as a shield bug. Shield bug is it's common name .There are about 7000 species of stink bugs divided into 14 to 15 families. The stink bugs Family is Pentatomidae It's Order is Hemiper. The stink bug releases a foul odour when threatened. This is how the stink bug got its name.

Anatomy: Adult stink bug's are shaped like a shield and they can be different colours. The southern green stink bug is bright green most other stink bug's are brown and can range between 14 to 18 mm long. The abdomen is an area on an insect behind the wings and the legs joins the thorax. The thorax is in the middle of the body below the head where the legs are joined. The stink bug has two antennae (feelers) they use them as their sensors. It also has 6 legs, two large eyes and 2 sets of wings

Habitat : The stink bug is found in wood lands, gardens , under weeds and in trees all over the world. They are also found in bushes and fruit plants. They can be a pest to farmers.

Feeding and Predators: A stink bug eats leaves and flowers and also fruit, cabbage ,caterpillars and melons. Birds, spiders and other arthropods like arachnids, insects and crustaceans eat them.



Food chain:



Reproduction: Stink bugs depend on plants to live ,but also to reproduce. Stink bug 's use plants as a safe place to deposit their eggs. The stink bug lays 20 to 30 eggs at a time.

Lifecycle:

The first stage of a stink bugs life is an egg. The female lays the eggs on a leaf. The second stage of a stink bugs life is a nymph (larva) which is like a child at the age of 7 to 9 months. The final stage of a stink bug's life is as an adult .The adult hibernates in tree trunks. The adult lays some more eggs and then process starts again.







Did you know?


 * Female stink bugs do not release a foul odour.
 * The stink bug has no eye lids.