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[Image changes to show Michael talking to the camera, and text appears: Dr Michael Elias, Australian National Insect Collection]But the biggest pests are the ones which come from overseas because they’re adapted to eat crops. Most of our crops come from somewhere else so they’re adapted to eat those crops and they have no natural predators. [Image changes to show a very close view of the brown marmorated stink bug]Brown marmorated stink bug is originally from east Asia, especially China, especially the wetter regions of China. It’s a very generalist sap sucking insect that might cause immense damage to horticulture and agriculture if it establishes in Australia. [Images move through to show a close view of trays of stink bugs, charts showing pictures of stink bugs, and then the camera zooms in on the trays of stink bugs again]There are about 600 known Australian native species of stink bugs but there may be thousands of undescribed species too.