The ones we’ve had this past year in New England (found a few this winter still) smell like rotting bananas. They are disgusting.
Bring back DDT!
New England? The story mentions the South. Is it the same beetle? There was an attack of stinkbugs here in the Mid Atlantic last summer (a few still survive indoors), but I didn’t think they smelled like much of anything. They are about the size of a dime.