Juniper Stink Bug

Banasa euchlora · Order: Hemiptera · Family: Pentatomidae

Also called: cedar berry bug, cedar bug

No source yet on danger. We have no source yet on whether it bites, stings or damages anything.
Juniper Stink Bug
Photo: Annika Lindqvist, CC BY

The bug is commonly called the juniper stink bug or jade stinkbug. It lives in North America.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it lives

It is found in North America.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it comes from

It is found in North America.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it is found in the US

Recorded in 46 of 51 states and DC. Most records: Texas, New Mexico, Virginia, North Carolina, Maryland, New Jersey, Mississippi, Alabama.

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

Juniper Stink Bug photo 2
Photo: David Dodd, CC BY
Juniper Stink Bug photo 3
Photo: Ilona, CC BY-SA
Juniper Stink Bug photo 4
Photo: Zeke Blankenship, CC BY
Juniper Stink Bug photo 5
Photo: Adrienne van den Beemt, CC BY

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/Banasa_euchlora

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

Text written 2026-10-22 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-22.

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