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		SAI_Peregrinus on July 8, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why Italy Fell Out of Love with Cilantro There are several types of stink bugs, and they don't all smell the same. It's the brown marmorated stink bug that smells like cilantro.

jaggederest on July 8, 2024 | [–]

To be specific, it has some of the exact same chemical compounds in it, trans-2-decenal and trans-2-octenal.

tssva on July 8, 2024 | [–]

Where I live there are a lot of brown marmorated stink bugs. I also have never thought they smell like cilantro.

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