Stink Bugs

ford truck guy wrote:
I was just in Lancaster PA and usually have tons there... did not see a one..... Instead, they were over come with those Spotted Lantern Fly,,,

I'm just across the river and they are fewer in number this year. I think that there are now some predators feeding on them.

I was just in Lancaster PA and usually have tons there... did not see a one..... Instead, they were over come with those Spotted Lantern Fly,,,

They actually can bite, or pinch, whatever. I once took out a pair of socks and put them on. Shortly, I experienced an uncomfortable feeling on the top of my foot. Thought I had laced my shoes too tight, so adjusted. It happened again. I finally took my sock off and there was a live stink bug who had found a warm place to hide in my sock! There were actually two in there and I had a mark where he had been pinching me. Didn't break the skin, but it hurt a bit anyway.

Dale

We don't have any in my area...yet.

For Chinese Lady Beatles I found a product called Tempo. You mix it with water and use a garden sprayer to spray it on the outside of you house, TT, or whatever. You go around the doors, windows, slides, or any other place they are likely to enter. It leaves a residue when it drys and as the bugs crawl though it the get it on themselves and they die rather quickly.

The product would be about as safe as anything for pets or people because we are not crawling through the cracks like bugs are. It may work on stinkbugs too.

Check it out on-line and see what the labels says.

Their only natural enemy is a wasp found only in Asia. We live in the woods and have been dealing with them for the last five years or so. The best solution is to keep your house as tight as possible so that they can't get in. Once they are in, the Bugzooka is the best solution because you can catch them without touching or crushing. They seem to be immune to normal bug killers at least when used in approved quantities.

kellem wrote:

drsteve wrote:
Stink bugs are annoying, but they do not bite, or get into food,

But one did get into my wine glass while sitting around campfire.....most disgusting flavor I've ever experienced.
Wife thought I was having a heart attack.

:E

Nasty!

drsteve wrote:
Stink bugs are annoying, but they do not bite, or get into food,

But one did get into my wine glass while sitting around campfire.....most disgusting flavor I've ever experienced.
Wife thought I was having a heart attack.

drsteve wrote:
Stink bugs are annoying, but they do not bite, or get into food, or breed in your RV, or do much of anything else, other than stink if you crush them. If left alone they'll die in short order anyway. Just vacuum them up, either dead or alive.

I would certainly not be setting off multiple bug bombs in an RV.

If your in an area polluted with them, you can keep setting off all the bombs you care to. Every time you have a day that warms up and then drops into the low 50's / 40's at night they're going to come looking for the heat when that happens. It wont stop until the temps are consistently lower than 40-50. It's an Autumn issue,at least in Northern states, which is why you see few inside if any the rest of the year.

Hope for a colder than normal winter, that tends to knock the whole population back for a few years in an area.

Stink bugs are annoying, but they do not bite, or get into food, or breed in your RV, or do much of anything else, other than stink if you crush them. If left alone they'll die in short order anyway. Just vacuum them up, either dead or alive.

I would certainly not be setting off multiple bug bombs in an RV.

A squirt of soapy water will disable them. Or, catch them in some tissue and flush down the toilet.