Ugh. If you aren't yet fed up with Chinese imports, here's one good reason to be... stink bugs.These Chinese pests are everywhere. I kill two or three a day.
I hate theses bugs. HATE them!
The other day I saw one crawling all over a news commentator on TV. Made me cringe.
They stayed away during our long cold spell. But now that it's been in the 50s and 60s here, they've returned. I think they live to torment me.
I found out today that I need a different strategy to defeat them. Apparently squishing them only encourages more. "One thing you want to avoid is crushing them, since the lingering scent can be detected by other stink bugs long after it has faded from our own olfactory memory and draw more stink bugs to your hearthside." Source.
I take some encouragement in knowing our government is on it. USDA is working on a pheromone trap that will lure the pest away. Glad to know my government may be good for something. Well, maybe. The bug hasn't been conquered yet.
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We are presently being overrun by Asian Lady Beetles. A problem CREATED by our government, unfortunately.
Good luck with your stink bugs. Yuck.
ok...you're gonna think i am nuts but...
i have these too. and i have found they are intelligent and quite easy to relocate. seriously.
i simply get a piece of paper or cardboard and put it on the floor or wall near them. they willingly (even eargerly) climb right on. then i walk them over to the door and gently put them outside. granted - i may be putting the same one outside every day - but they are just so easy to transport that its not a big deal.
I have never seen an insect react so calmly to being approached and so curiously to interaction.
odd.
I have these every now and then. Nothing. They flush.
WELL Finally I know what the damn things are! We see about one or 2 a month in our house in the fall and again recently.
Thanks for the info!
We had one in the bedroom a couple of nights ago and the kittens had a very fun time playing with it...
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