stickdog wrote:
I believe they are spread by snowbirds. Yes those northerners that get infested up north as their campers sit in storage lots in the early fall become safe haven for the little buggers. As they travel south when the weather turns the little critters think it's spring and exit their winter home invading all the southern states along the way.
Undoubtedly. We recently returned from a trip in southern Ohio where there were plenty of the stink bug's around. While cleaning the camper decided to roll out and rinse of the curb side awning which we did not use. At least 300 stinkers had hitched ride with us by crawling in the care free awning cracks. Found them in the pleats of my gen set air filter too! They really dug in! Bug bombed camper and removed about 100 more dead ones that mostly collected at the back door where daylight shined in. These likely sneaked in the door with us. You can't keep them out. Bombing them did not cause them to release stink. We would have brought all them south.