They’re Back! Stink Bugs Invade Mid-Atlantic Crops

It’s brown, about three-quarters of an inch long and it is feasting its way through the mid-Atlantic. The brown marmorated stink bug is munching through apple orchards in Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia and West Virginia, causing nearly $37 million in damage, according to the U.S. Apple Association. The Asian native was first brought to the U.S. via Allentown, Pa., in 1998. The population grew last summer and has now been seen in 33 states including California, Oregon and Washington. Read more (Associated Press).