Does anyone know what this bug is?
 

This was on a tree in our backyard. I don’t recognize it and was curious.

TIA.

Stink bug?????

Looks like a stinkbug to me. They like to get indoors. Best way to remove without releasing the stink is via vacuum. YW.

You can buy a spray to kill them. If you squash them they really stink

It's definitely a stink bug. They're harmless to humans but will eat your plants. Having just one doesn't mean there's an infestation, there could be a dozen or so in the neighborhood. But if you have a dozen around (and in) your house, you probably are infested. Indoor pesticides usually don't kill them. Outdoor pesticides usually do. If you just see the one, you could leave it be, it won't hurt you - they don't sting or bite.

The "foul odor" they emit is actually similar to cilantro. And the human perception to the odor is also similar: some people find it horribly offensive, other people aren't affected by it at all.

Thanks everyone!

A pail of soapy water will drown them. We have them all over outside our house in MI and we just drown them.

yup a stink bug

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Not a stink bug. Search safari or google “armored bug”. Stink bugs much smaller. Still harmless though.

It’s not a stink bug. We had swarms in VA and I knew them well.

It’s a stink bug vs it’s not a stink bug. Who will be the winner? Find one and smash it and give it the sniff test!

Looks like a squash bug.

Of course, stink bugs end up as squashed bugs whenever I find 'em.

Not a stink bug. At first I thought the same but something wasn't quite the same, then I saw the second picture.
Definitely NOT a stink bug.
We had millions of them in the summer up north and this isn't one.
Don't know what it is. TCT

Put a leash on it and keep it for a pet

Put a leash on it and keep it for a pet

It is an Arilus Cristatus. An Armor Plated Bug.

Bug name
 

Bug has a long Japanese name but maybe a carrier for Chaga's Disease, a sleeping disease. Get rid of bug, call a professional pest control person.

Sushisamarininja bug oh me so sleepy…

I haven’t seen any stink bugs in my home here or around it, but I used to get them in my home in Pennsylvania. Once one landed in my water glass beside the sink in my bathroom. In the middle of the night I gulped down a fresh glass of water and got a stink bug in my mouth, which I crunched! Instant overwhelming flavor of cilantro. I think of stink bugs now every time I eat cilantro in Mexican food.

My favorite way of catching and disposing of them was to use a BugZooka. It sucks up the bug and holds it for later disposal. The stink doesn’t stink in the tube of the BugZooka. Also works for bees and wasps, spiders, lady bugs, etc. no motor or batteries. Just suction.
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For stink bugs, I just hold my hand out and nudge it to crawl on my finger, then carry it outside and let it fly away.

Armor bug IS a stinkbug.

How to Kill Armored Bugs | HomeSteady

There are other armored bugs, but only a stink bug looks like a stink bug. If you look at it from overhead, it looks like a medieval shield with legs attached.

I'm not joking it's called an Assassin Bug
 

This is an assassin bug. They are great for getting rid of (feasting on) the bad bugs around your home but they have an excruciatingly painful bite to humans.

Florida Giant Leaf-footed Bug (Acanthocephala declivis).
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I had one on my garage screen yesterday. Looks like a stink bug. Harmless, but if you squish it you will know how it got it’s name.

One that i don't want crawling on me.... yuk

Looks like an alien infantry from Starship Troopers. 👽

arilus cristatus - Google Search

It appears you are correct :)

Looks like a grasshopper type of insect I’m sure it’s harmless

Time to bring out big guns.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKayXzM2uE8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EesfhOGt9Kk

Leaf Footed Bug. Harmless.

Soapy water will kill all insects.......not instantaneously because it takes time for the soap to penetrate their exterior skeleton.

Do an experiment - step on one.

Not a stink bug, we had tons of them in the northeast...similar , but no cigar.

Stink Bugs
 

When we lived in Ohio (Cincinnati) you could go out to our screened deck in summer and there was anywhere from 20 to 40 stink bugs on the screen. Very wooded area behind the house. Spray bottle 1/3 dawn soap 2/3 water. Very effective, one quick spray and they were done.

Is a Florida leaf footed bug: https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/publication/IN229
 

Florida leaf footed bug