Virginia in the fall

Bumpyroad wrote:
I have tons of them in MD, none in southern VA.
bumpy

They were terrible here in NOVA in 2012, but a lot less in 2013. Before 2012 they were rare and we have lived here since 1984.

Larry

Apparently there is an upside to the polar vortex (clicky), or Alberta clipper, or whatever they call cold weather these days that comes every year from the North.

PackerBacker wrote:

3 dog nights wrote:
I'll take the stink bugs over the cicada's anyday. Both ugly as sin bug stick bugs can be scooped up and thrown out the door. Cicada's just look like "go ahead, touch me...I dare you"
BTW I'm at MB as well PackerBacker, which park are you at?

Myrtle Beach Travel Park, where are you?

... Eric

Sorry Eric, just couldn't get the wifi to work whilw there. Whats the secret? I was on site 206 in MBTP until yesterday. Would have liked coming by and putting a face with the name....maybe next time.
But really...whats the secret to wifi while in the park? I've never been able to get a good signal. It the only complant I have about the park.

GJGAR wrote:
Thanks everybody for your input. We were thinking of staying at Cherry Hill Campround on the outskirts of Washington DC. Anybody ever camped there? Did you have much of a problem with the stink bugs?

I wouldn't describe Cherry Hill as being on the outskirts of DC. It may technically be outside of DC but it is located within the beltway in all of that mess. for outskirts try the KOA between DC and Baltimore, etc.
bumpy

Thanks everybody for your input. We were thinking of staying at Cherry Hill Campround on the outskirts of Washington DC. Anybody ever camped there? Did you have much of a problem with the stink bugs?

RGar974417 wrote:
I have 2 customers who have terrible stink bug problems.Yet at my house,just a few miles away we have very few.Virginia is a big state,try another part and most likely you will have few if any.We have camped many times in many parts of the state and I don't recall ever having a problem with them.You were just " lucky".

I agree, we went to a beautiful little CG just off the Blue Ridge Parkway one year & got infested with them, same year, went up to Skyline Dr. & never saw one, last year went to SW VA. & also never saw one, around my house they are horrible, I learned, while cutting down a Mimosa tree, that they were nested in it, thousands of them, D&M is right, Kill them !!! They deserve no mercy & get none from me,Just don't crush them indoors.

They are another import from China there were NONE here in Virginia 10 years ago they started in PA & are moving South (on the east coast). They are somewhat regional we live in SW Virgina & left our camper in Myrtle Beach last fall because the year before we traped 2 cups full from the inside of the camper in a weeks time. But our RV Dealer is a mile SE of us has very few Stink Bugs but we have thousands. Our kids live 15 miles north & have almost no stink bugs. As stated before they are worse in the Fall when the come inside & try to hibernate.

I have 2 customers who have terrible stink bug problems.Yet at my house,just a few miles away we have very few.Virginia is a big state,try another part and most likely you will have few if any.We have camped many times in many parts of the state and I don't recall ever having a problem with them.You were just " lucky".

GMandJM wrote:
Unfortunately, StinkBugs are still a year-round problem in VA. In the fall they try to get inside to be warm and hibernate.

If you find them PLEASE don't just toss them outside. I don't usually advocate killing bugs, but these are such an invasive and destructive pest that it's better for the planet if you just stick them in a 2-ltr bottle of dish-soapy water and swish them around.

The apple farmers will love you for it!

Definitely kill the stink bugs. They have no domestic predators. Just don't crush them. That's when they stink. Use the soapy water method.

3 dog nights wrote:
I'll take the stink bugs over the cicada's anyday. Both ugly as sin bug stick bugs can be scooped up and thrown out the door. Cicada's just look like "go ahead, touch me...I dare you"
BTW I'm at MB as well PackerBacker, which park are you at?

Myrtle Beach Travel Park, where are you?

... Eric