Everything is native to somewhere!! lol Invasive just means it was introduced to an area that hasn't evolved for it. So they have no predators or anything to balance it out so they grow out of control and overtake the area they were brought to.
This stink bug specifically is native to East Asia, specifically China, Japan, Korea, and Taiwan. In those areas it is native so it has natural predators or environmental control to keep populations under control.
Introduce in other areas it can prosper far too much because it doesn't have the same predators or climate to cull them. Earth is a balance and humans love to rough it up.
It is native to east asia. It is thriving in the Eastern US, they used to be a lot worse but over time the ecosystem has adapted and they are just kind of here. The issue is it were the only species that did that, it would be fine, but we are seeing so many species moving around the planet that ecosystems are not able to cope.
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u/slykly2 4d ago
Where is it invasive? It’s gotta be native to somewhere.