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[Moonlady]

Saw an article about them a couple of years ago, but hadn't seen one. Last year, we did, though not many (3, to be exact). They're startling, maybe because they're so big. I try to think of them as a moth.

Their torpor is their downfall, so they're easy to catch. As for predators, they supposedly don't have any, but they're not counting on me. I use those large multi-purpose wipes from WalMart--they're soft and larger than most, and it was easy to grab them without squashing or feeling them (yuck) through a hard kleenex (that they might slip through). Then I stuffed them in a baggie. Ugh.

BTW, we have an apple orchard directly behind our property. Oh goodie.

[Lotus]

On 5/7/2014 occasional rain said:

If the rural growers continue to use chemicals to kill insects, they won't have to worry about stink bugs because they are killing the bees. No bees, no pollination and no fruit.

An even better reason to toss them outside rather than flushing them.......NOT!

[Judaline]

The bees are dying, but it isn't because of the stink bugs. Y'all won't have to worry, soon. Monsanto will take care of you by killing even the fleas that are on the crops. And then you'll eat the fruit or veggies with a sigh of relief because, 'hey ma, look! No stink bugs!' Do you know pesticides can kill you? They can live in your tissues for generations. Me? I'd rather have the stink bugs.

[occasionalrain]

On 5/7/2014 Lotus~ said:

On 5/7/2014 occasional rain said:

If the rural growers continue to use chemicals to kill insects, they won't have to worry about stink bugs because they are killing the bees. No bees, no pollination and no fruit.

An even better reason to toss them outside rather than flushing them.......NOT!

The rural growers and their chemicals, not the stink bugs, are killing the bees. I'm sorry if I was unclear; I should have used a comma.

[Jessa9]

On 5/6/2014 Jules5280 said:

LOL! We have them too, but I don't understand why they are called "stink bugs"? I guess I never got close enough to them or they just didn't stink on me.

When you kill them they let off the stink. One time our cat went to get one and he had it in his mouth to crush it. He shook his head and meowed for 10 mins...

[lulu2]

I still do not understand how this happened, but while I was asleep (apparently with my mouth open) a stink bug landed in my mouth AND I bit down on it.

[raven-blackbird]

we used to live up in the foothills........every seven years the stink bug invasion would start.........one year they had to close the nearby school the infestation was so bad.....the street would literately go black with them coming down from the hill and on to the street.......AWFUL AWFUL bugs..............................................raven

[Irshgrl31201]

On 5/6/2014 maryebrown said:

They are scary looking, a prehistoric bug w/ armor! They only stink when you smash them (which I don't). DS catches them and sticks them in a jar, to die.

They absolutely do look like that!

I don't think I have ever seen one of these bugs nor have I smelled one.

[jlkz]

If you put them outside, they'll reenter. I catch them in a piece of toilet paper and without crushing them flush them away. No mess, no horrid stink. Over the last few years, we have had fewer and fewer bugs over the winter----yes I kept a log to see how effective the outside spray treatment was. First spray: end of August (Northeast USA); second spray, 4 or 5 weeks later. Done by a professional extermination company and well worth it!!!!

[Jessa9]

Don't laugh but I bought one of those toy vacuum guns. We get so many of them and I am tired of squashing their stinking butts. I figured I would vacuum them up and empty the container in a jar of dawn detergent water bottle.