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05-22-2019 11:10 AM
First of all--don't use a vacuum because it will have to be thrown away. It won't kill them if it isn't a Dyson and a Dyson will pulverize them. The smell is awful.
We had a horrible stink bug problem and what got rid of most of them were the Dynatraps that I purchased. It must have reduced the problem by 80%.
Nest...check for the food source. Do you have fruit trees on your property or berry vines. They love those two items. If you don't want to get rid of them then place a Dynatrap near that spot.
There are also Stink Bug traps that I've seen at the hardware store that seem to work. I would add that to the Dynatrap purchase.
Our lot is irregular so you need to cover your entire area of use.
Hope you get some relief from these ideas.
05-22-2019 11:22 AM
We live in SW PA and it was probably about 8 years ago that we got invaded by stink bugs. If I remember correctly they appear during their mating season in Spring as the weather starts to warm up. Then they disappear for a while and return in the early fall to find a place to overwinter. The first few years were really awful. However now, we get very few.
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05-27-2019 07:56 PM
Here in my area of the PNW we have a problem with the Boxelder bugs. They started to appear about three years ago. As soon as the weather warms up they start to gather on the sunny side of our house.
My husband tried a strong pesticide that really did very little and was very expensive.
After searching all over the internet for any kind of a solution he finally found some information from the Dept of Ag in Utah that recommended using a garden sprayer filled with a mixture of water and Dawn dishwashing detergent.
It's only a temporary solution because they do return but it's amazing to see how quickly they drop and die almost immediately as soon as the detergent mixture hits them. The detergent mixture supposedly dehydrates them.
Fortunately I've only had a few that have made their way inside but when I see them I either pick them up with a tissue or else vacuum them up with a hand vac. You don't want to squeeze them with a bare hand because the smell they emit is horrible.
At least they aren't destructive to trees or your house but they sure are disgusting.
What I read is that they first appeared in Oregon as few years ago and then made their way into our area. But who really knows where they came from. I just wish they could develop something that would eliminate them once and for all.
05-28-2019 02:58 PM
@x Hedge wrote:
@Caffeina wrote:These are boxelder bugs.
http://npic.orst.edu/pest/boxelder.html
Good ID @Caffeina . Thank you. I like to know what I'm stompin' on 😁.
These are what started showing up on my garage door a few yrs ago!
Tons of them....we never had them before. The yr prior we had our home painted...and I selected a lighter shade to go on the garage doors. Ever since then...these nasty bugs are all over it! It is the side of our home that gets a ton of sun...from 1pm until evening....just roasting in summer. I read online they like to sunbath!!! Also they try to get in your home in late fall (which is when they show up at my house) to nest for the winter YUK!
I have sprayed bug killer on my garage doors...they usually die and some just disappear. I also spray my side door and any cracks so they get killed. Never had one inside.
I hate them with a passion...I just want them dead. I am thinking of painting the garage doors a deeper color to see if they don't visit my home anymore.
05-28-2019 06:45 PM
@tsavorite An exterminator told me that stink bugs are attracted to white & light colors. His experience was the calls he was going out on were almost exclusively light colored homes.
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05-28-2019 08:40 PM
@Kachina624, no, they're not just a Pennsylvania problem. I live in the St. Louis (Missouri) area and put up with them every day. I don't have hoards of them, but find a few of them throughout my town house. Ugly darn bugs!
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