# Help identify this bug (w/picture)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identify-this-bug-w-picture/563757>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 11, 2010, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identify-this-bug-w-picture/563757 "2010-12-11T04:30:17Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![teemingONE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b4bc9f/32.png) [@teemingONE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teemingONE)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2010, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identify-this-bug-w-picture/563757/1 "2010-12-11T04:30:17Z")

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link to pic: [ImageShack - Best place for all of your image hosting and image sharing needs](http://yfrog.com/1acreepybugj)

I killed this bug earlier tonight. Just wondering what kind of bug it is and if I should start tearing my floorboards out to try and find a nest or something.

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**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2010, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identify-this-bug-w-picture/563757/2 "2010-12-11T04:46:45Z")

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Looks like the [Brown Marmorated Stink Bug](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_marmorated_stink_bug), recently introduced from China.

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**Author:** ![MikeS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/919ad9/32.png) [@MikeS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeS)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2010, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identify-this-bug-w-picture/563757/3 "2010-12-11T15:47:16Z")

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I’d just like to say that “marmorated” is a pretty cool word, and I intend to use it in all appropriate contexts from now on.

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**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2010, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identify-this-bug-w-picture/563757/4 "2010-12-11T16:42:30Z")

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They were particularly invasive this year in our area. I found them everywhere for most of August.