The volatile organic compounds emitted by the North American stink bug are being studied in attempts to help control crop infestation. Due to the adult stink bugs great mobility, this highly invasive species, with approximately 4500 species worldwide, is rapidly spreading across eastern North America and is becoming a pest to agriculturally important crops including soybean, wheat, cotton, fruits, nuts and many others. The main focus of this experiment is to determine the volatile compounds through Gas Chromatography (a method of separating compounds) combined with Mass Spectrometry (a method of identifying pure compounds) (GC-MS) of the North American stink bug, specifically in North Carolina, and determine the pheromone specificity for these compounds to further synthesize these compounds to attract and help control the pests among the many invaded crops that these bugs seek.