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I know how stink bugs smell and I know how cilantro smells. Never once did I think that they smelled like each other. Could it be a difference in stink bugs? Also, never has it ever tasted like soap to me.

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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.

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

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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