The stinkbug has an enormous appetite. A second instar nymph can eat 15 reddish-tipped prominent moth eggs a day and an adult 15 pine caterpillars, several times its own weight.

• 蠋蝽的扑食量很大。一只二龄幼虫可日食杨扇舟蛾卵十五粒，一只成虫可日食松毛虫十五条，食量大过体重数倍。