Stinkbugs! Are you infested too?

no stinkbugs in Bahstin that i know of...
do they live up to their moniker?

Stink bugs stink.

I swaddle them in several layers of tissue and squish--and if I don't have enough swaddling, I'm smelling stinkbug for the rest of the evening.

Nevah hoid of dem.

When I was a kid, they were thick....here in the middle of the country....but in the past decade, I doubt I've seen more than one per year...wife says the same.

It would be unusual to find major insect activity in mid winter Noddy. I assume your home is reasonably well sealed most of the time to keep in warmth. This would indicate that any hatching is coming from inside. Basement or attic would be good places to start to look. Indoor plants?

None here, thank goodness. Pests tend to migrate though. I'll probably be complaining in a year or two.

THOSE are stink bugs?? I love those guys! I had no idea they were these stink bugs one hears such bad things about... I guess I've managed to be on perfectly congenial terms with them all these years and with no idea that they were stink bugs through the simple device of--not squishing them!

We seem to have alot of them as well this year too.

Our front porch seems to be a wonderful hiding place for them.
Not to mention the potted plants I have ( ugh)

They are absolutely beautiful insects.
One of the few that I know of that I love to sit and stare at..

But I have noticed a large amount of them this year as well..

I wonder if that freak-ishly long rain this summer had anything to do with it?

Wait, wait, what was I thinking with that bug-catcher picture I just posted? I have no idea why anyone would buy that... Here's the real, high-tech solution:






and...




Amazing!! You now have a fabulous bug-catcher and/or stink bug display case!


Shewolf, I'm glad to hear someone else has noticed how pretty they are--I'm always happy to see one...I love the different colors they are, and they're a neat shape too--cute little guys. (I'm going to have to learn their real name, I don't like slandering them with the "stink" label!)

Have you ever heard two of them fight??

It sounds like someone shuffling cards really fast..

this noise-

Dadpad--

I suspect the critters are coming from the crawl space under the house--or from the utility room.

Mr. Noddy doesn't believe in screen doors and stinkbugs could have invaded and nested in the clutter of accessible tools hung on the walls of the utility room.

I'm just as likely to find stinkbooks on books as on house plants--although they did seem to cotton to holiday greenery.

Incidently, I'm hosting a dowdy branch of the stinkbug family. They don't act pretty and they don't look pretty, either.

Just pondering here...

I wonder if this is what is up chumleys cats butt?

Chai--

I usually appreciate your intellectual curiosity.

Beware, beware lest the Texas grubs post your address on the Internet.

Noddy,

My family lives in south central PA.
My Mother was still complaining of the stinkbug invasion when I saw her on Friday.
And I know my BF's Father has plenty of stinkbugs, dead and alive, around his house when we saw it over Christmas. (Hersey area)

Yeah, I don't ever remember them being so many.

I looked them up on google and it seems that most citations are mentioning Pennsylvania.. that the bugs are asian, and probably arrived via packing of imports.

Caribou--

Knowing that there are fellow sufferers is comforting.

Osso--

Ah, more Little Imports. I don't suppose you have a stray gecko you could lend me? One with a bad cold, of course, because of the stink.

Those plug in mouse repellents sometimes work on large insects.

I have seen some for less then 20.00 at places like Home Depot.

Maybe one of those might help?

Shewolf--

I'm very leery of practical commercial perfumes whether designed to repel or attract.

The most I ever had to dispose of in one evening was five--and I'd gone to bed very early the night before and hadn't bagged any.

They are just....invading my house.