Four-humped Stink Bug

Brochymena quadripustulata · Order: Hemiptera · Family: Pentatomidae

Also called: Rough Stink Bug, fourhumped stink bug

No source yet on danger. We have no source yet on whether it bites, stings or damages anything.
Four-humped Stink Bug
Photo: Bill Keim, CC BY

The four-humped stink bug is recorded in North America. Observations place this species throughout the continent.

Source: Wikipedia

How to recognize it

It is identified in North America.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it lives

It lives in North America.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it comes from

Its native range is North America.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it is found in the US

Recorded in 47 of 51 states and DC. Most records: North Carolina, Kentucky, Maryland, Illinois, Texas, Mississippi, Virginia, Ohio.

Darker = more records. Counts are museum and citizen-science records, not population size.

Source: GBIF

Status: native in North America; native in Canada. Source: iNaturalist

Months it is reported in the US

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Source: GBIF

More photos

Four-humped Stink Bug photo 3
Photo: Judy Gallagher, CC BY-SA
Four-humped Stink Bug photo 4
Photo: Cole Shoemaker, CC BY
Four-humped Stink Bug photo 5
Photo: fuzzyspider, CC BY
Four-humped Stink Bug photo 6
Photo: emilyd47, CC BY-SA

Same family (Pentatomidae)

Brown Marmorated Stink BugBrown Marmorated Stink BugHalyomorpha halysDamages trees, gardens or cropsGreen Stink BugGreen Stink BugChinavia hilarisDamages trees, gardens or cropsHarlequin BugHarlequin BugMurgantia histrionicaDamages trees, gardens or cropsBrown Stink BugBrown Stink BugEuschistus servusDamages trees, gardens or cropsGreen Shield BugGreen Shield BugPalomena prasinaEuropean Striped Shield BugEuropean Striped Shield BugGraphosoma italicum

Sources

  • Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brochymena_quadripustulata

Look it up elsewhere: GBIF · iNaturalist · BugGuide · ITIS · Wikipedia

Text written 2026-10-23 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-23.

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