Detailed information on Twice-stabbed Stink Bug, Two-spotted Stink Bug (Cosmopepla lintneriana)

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sewgirljudyk

Columbiaville, MI (Zone 5a) | November 2022 | Positive

These guys are devastating to some plants. They feed by piercing and sucking the plant’s juice. They are not a beneficial, predatory insect. Knock them into a coffee can of soapy water and lid it when you’re done. Your plant will be relieved.

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Nickym

Princeton, ME | July 2019 | Negative

This bug has attacked my obedient plant with a vengeance causing destruction of the small flowers that make up the flower spike. Now they have moved to another obedient plant in a different bed. Help. How do I get rid of them? I applied an insecticidal soap which was of no use but am reluctant to use a chemical insecticide. Suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks

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BushMan75

| May 2019 | Neutral

29/05/2019
Gambo
Newfoundland, Canada
Zone 5A
Seen my first stink bug of the year and it turned out to be a Twice-stabbed Stink Bug, last 2 years I have not seen one of these and today he sits on the window ledge looking at me and my indoor flowers. Some people hate them but I think they are beautiful. I think Spring is here!

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daistuff

Cary, IL (Zone 5a) | August 2008 | Neutral

Just found these, they are exclusively on a golden hyssop that I planted this year. Wonder if they came to my house on the plant? Their numbers are increasing rapidly, so based on what other people say I'm going to start dropping them into my cup of soapy water with the Japanese Beetles!

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Buzzdog

Sevierville, TN (Zone 6b) | June 2008 | Negative

This year, there are literally thousands of twice-stabbed stinkbugs covering my butterfly bushes and hollyhocks. These true bugs are the size of a ladybug and fly like a ladybug. Since the hollyhocks are butterfly host plants and the butterfly bushes are nectar plants, I have chosen not to spray them with malathion which is what my county extension agent recommended. I have cut the hollyhock down to the ground and have severely cut back the butterfly bushes. I put all the cut branches into large black plastic bags and hauled them to the county dump. I fear, however, that these little critters may have already laid eggs for their next generation. If anyone knows more about these "demons", I would like to hear from you.

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kennedyh

(Zone 10a) | September 2006 | Neutral

The Twice-stabbed Stink Bug (Cosmopepla lintneriana) was previously known as (Cosmopepla bimaculata)

Twice-stabbed Stink Bug, Two-spotted Stink Bug

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