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Are you getting the stink bug attack?

Sweetbay magnolia — Fri, 09 Oct 2015 04:48:13 GMT

Oh for crying out loud, I think they are worse this year than last. Open a door and several mating pair decide this would be a good place to overwinter.

Last year, nice Maria (aka curly white dog) advised to not vacuum them, but I am having to, due to the sheer volume.

I hate the buzzing. Bees, OK. At least they make honey. Stinkers, no real reason for you except to destroy crops and bother people.

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dimin — Fri, 09 Oct 2015 05:36:17 GMT

@Sweetbay magnolia wrote:
Oh for crying out loud, I think they are worse this year than last. Open a door and several mating pair decide this would be a good place to overwinter.

Last year, nice Maria (aka curly white dog) advised to not vacuum them, but I am having to, due to the sheer volume.

I hate the buzzing. Bees, OK. At least they make honey. Stinkers, no real reason for you except to destroy crops and bother people.

I don't know what they are, but it sounds gross

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Kachina624 — Fri, 09 Oct 2015 06:38:36 GMT

I just hope those little beauties never move West. We never had them when I lived in Pa. I understand they arrived in Allentown in a shipment of imported goods. That's why they spray those containers and make our imported goods stink. They must have missed one.

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Nataliesgramma — Fri, 09 Oct 2015 09:41:02 GMT

Same here!! I have a stick bug convention every day on my sliding door screen!! I had 2 that somehow got into the house and were on the cathedral ceiling in the family room!!

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ID2 — Fri, 09 Oct 2015 10:02:06 GMT

I never heard of stink bugs until I began reading these boards. I'm glad we don't have them!

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marky — Fri, 09 Oct 2015 11:20:14 GMT

My husband and I went to the Great Smoky Mountains last week for our vacation. The stink bugs were everywhere !! All over the deck of the cabin. .YUK We also have them where we live but I rarely see one. They sure do stink.

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ValuSkr — Fri, 09 Oct 2015 11:34:54 GMT

Not too bad so far. Haven't found any inside yet. And I've only seen them on window screens on a handful of days when the windows were open. Otherwise, I haven't noticed them at all (which is a pleasant surprise).

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PINKdogWOOD — Fri, 09 Oct 2015 12:24:13 GMT

UGH!!!!! I hate these things MORE than I do spiders and that's saying something!!!!!!!!

Luckily I haven't had but a couple in my house, specifically our master bdroom this year. And yes I do suck them up sometimes with my vac especially if they're up high on my window ledge.

I don't know why they tend to hang in our bedroom. Makes me freak out. I find a few in my 2 spare bdrooms and my bathrm upstairs. It's odd. I am ALWAYS on the lookout for them.

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staciesmom — Fri, 09 Oct 2015 12:27:19 GMT

They are really bad here in N E Ohio. I kill dozens every day. What a shame that they were brought in from overseas, we really don't need any more pests.

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dex — Fri, 09 Oct 2015 12:59:34 GMT

I was wondering why you shouldn't vac up the stink bugs?I have seen the odd one here in Wa. Sate but I guess our winters are too cold for them .I have never seen them on my windows or in the house yet.?

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bonnielu — Fri, 09 Oct 2015 13:14:49 GMT

Ours was worse two years ago and each year lessening. I remember walking into my lving room and actually having to take 150 off of my front curtains. (I counted). Then I got agressive and went looking for something to kill them. Nothing was on the market. The following year, less. And this year I found only 4 wandering or flying around. I swatted them and so far nothing. Perhaps they have moved on. Or perhaps someone has been working on eliminating them in our area. Not sure.

I live in Western Maryland if that helps.

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BellaCarro — Fri, 09 Oct 2015 13:24:52 GMT

So far not as bad as last year and not even close to two years ago. I'm with you, OP, that awful buzzing!

I do not vacuum them. Ugh, I can't imagine the odor buildup in the vacuum. They're pretty easy to sneak up on and catch. We flush them and are careful not mush them on the way.

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MadameQueen — Fri, 09 Oct 2015 14:19:31 GMT

I have not had any this year yet. Last year we received a letter, I can't remember if it was from the town or state. It was a survey to see if we were still getting them and to let them know how many. We only had a couple over the season so did not respond. A few years ago we wre see stickbugs almost daily. This past year I have had a centipede problem.

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2blonde — Fri, 09 Oct 2015 14:19:49 GMT

Eeek! I haven't seen (or smelled) one of those since I was a kid in the fifties (my mom showed it to me). Staciesmom.......where do you live in NE Ohio? I've lived in Mentor for the last 24 years (20 miles east of Cleveland), and I've never heard of them being around here. Maybe our last two very harsh winters have been too much for them (one of the few perks of living in the snowbelt)!

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jlkz — Fri, 09 Oct 2015 14:44:44 GMT

We've had annual two-step treatment for stink bugs for the last three years. I used to note on my desk schedule the # flushed each day---sometimes it was in the 20's.

Last year we got a new neighbor who had a long line of very tall and thin evergreen trees taken out along the property line by our house. No more stink bugs.......Or so few, you could count them on one hand for the entire winter !

Saved us a couple hundred dollars!

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staciesmom — Fri, 09 Oct 2015 14:47:14 GMT

@2blonde wrote:
Eeek! I haven't seen (or smelled) one of those since I was a kid in the fifties (my mom showed it to me). Staciesmom.......where do you live in NE Ohio? I've lived in Mentor for the last 24 years (20 miles east of Cleveland), and I've never heard of them being around here. Maybe our last two very harsh winters have been too much for them (one of the few perks of living in the snowbelt)!

2blonde: I live in Dover, which is just south of Canton. I have a nephew who lives in Mentor!

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2blonde — Fri, 09 Oct 2015 15:02:16 GMT

Staciesmom, you don't have to tell me his name or anything, but what street does he live on? I live in Western Reserve Condos.

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staciesmom — Fri, 09 Oct 2015 19:02:01 GMT

@2blonde wrote:
Staciesmom, you don't have to tell me his name or anything, but what street does he live on? I live in Western Reserve Condos.

2blonde: I don;t know the name of his street, but it is actually Mentor on the Lake, a couple of blocks from the water.

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bonnie f — Fri, 09 Oct 2015 22:02:07 GMT

had one in my bedroom the other night.. heard it buzzing around, it was as loud as a bumble bee!! went to kill it with a broom and i missed it! haven't seen him since, so i guess he's dead somewhere... had another one on my screen on the outside of it.. when i have one i can't sleep till i kill it lol yes i heard not to kill them it attracts more... but i always smash it with a broom or something cross my fingers i really dont get alot of them, i had maybe 3 or 4 last yr... my mom lives out in the woods, she always gets tons of them, the cats have fun trying to catch them lol i probably just jinxed myself saying i dont get alot of them!!!!! but they are ugly........

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deja vu — Sat, 10 Oct 2015 02:02:16 GMT

So far I've only seen one on my screened in porch. Last year I probably saw 15 maybe 4 inside...most of them on the screened porch.

I catch them in kleenex without squishing it trying to keep it from stinking more. I read that if they do their stink thing it attracts more of them, so I try to carefully flush them.

My sister lives here in the same town and she always has them in larger quantities ?

I have read and seen pics of places of them taking over peoples homes...oh geesh I have a fear of that happening !!