Stink bugs are a hassle if even one gets in your home. Rather than using expensive solutions, try this budget-friendly option you already have in your pantry.

The Brown Marmorated Stink Bug ... It’s about a half-inch in length, and shaped like a heraldic shield (this is where the group it belongs to, the shield bugs, gets their name).

Stink bugs are also called shield bugs because of their wide, five-pointed shape. Brown marmorated stink bugs, which grow to half an inch, are named for the brown-gray marbling ...

For the new study, behavioral and evolutionary ecologist Shin-ichi Kudo and colleagues watched shield bugs (Acanthosomatidae), measured over 1,400 eggs and considered the insects’ evolutionary tree.