The stink bug adult is shield shaped with the posterior angles of the pronotum extended to prominent points.
Color varies from green to dark brown.
Injured locks or bolls may fail to open. Stink bugs may also introduce bacteria and fungi that cause boll rots. Look for stink bugs when sampling for lygus bugs with a sweep net. The sweep net is not an efficient way to sample stink bugs, however, because they feed on bolls on the bottom portion of the plant. Also, look for the brown stains of fecal spots beneath the bracts of bolls.