Stinkbug

One bug leaves a bad smell wherever it goes. It is the stinkbug.

Stinkbugs are broad, flat insects. They can be green, gray, and brown. They can even be red.

Stinkbugs smell. This bad odor protects them from enemies. When they walk across a leaf, the leaf smells bad, too.

There are 5,000 kinds of stinkbugs. Some stinkbugs eat plant juice. Others eat insects. No matter what they eat, they stink!