Abstract: There has been the custom of eating insects of Hemiptera all over the world since the ancient time.In Yunnan Province,there is the custom of eating stinkbug.There are several species of edible stinkbug in Yunnan.The results of analyzing the nutrient components of 5 stinkbug showed that there are rich protein,fat,amino acids and microelements in these insects.The content of crude protein is 51.84% in average and the protein content in Sphaerodema rustica could be as high as 73.52%.The contents of crude fat,total sugar and amino acids are 33.21%,2.61% and 45.68% in average.The content of 8 amino acids essential to human body is 18.52% in average,which accounts for 40.54% of the total amount of amino acids.Five species of stinkbug also contain some microelements essential to human body such as potassium,sodium and calcium,so they have good nutritive value.