They feed on numerous plants, including legumes, fruits, ornamentals and vegetable garden plants. Wings are pale yellow except for a dark brown cuneus and surrounding area. Most of these bugs are predators of insects. They have four segmented antennae and a long beak. They occur commonly on sycamore trees in large numbers, turning the leaves white from loss of sap.
Leaves fall prematurely.
Other hosts are ash, hickory and mulberry. Green Stink Bug Adults are shield-shaped, bright green with the margins of the pronotum straight and yellowish or pale. Adults overwinter in plant debris. Barrel-shaped eggs are laid in clusters in the spring under plant leaves. Feeding occurs on soybeans, corn, alfalfa, lima beans, peaches, etc.