Brown Marmorated Stink Bug vs Hagen's Green Lacewing

Side-by-side species comparison

Attribute Brown Marmorated Stink Bug Hagen's Green Lacewing
Scientific Name Halyomorpha halys Leucochrysa pavida
Order Hemiptera Neuroptera
Family Pentatomidae Chrysopidae
Size 12-17 mm 20-30 mm wingspan
Habitat Farmland Farmland
Diet Fruit Feeders Predators
Regions Asia, North America, Europe Central America, South America
Conservation Least Concern Least Concern

Brown Marmorated Stink Bug

A shield-shaped brown bug with marbled patterning and distinctive white-banded antennae. Native to East Asia, it has become a devastating invasive agricultural pest on multiple continents.

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Did You Know?

This stink bug releases a pungent chemical from thoracic glands when disturbed, and a single house can harbor over 25,000 overwintering adults in its wall voids.

Hagen's Green Lacewing

A large neotropical lacewing with broad wings and pale green coloring. Found from Mexico through Central America to Brazil.

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Did You Know?

Its larvae build particularly elaborate trash packets from lichen and prey remains for camouflage.