Northeast, do you have stink bugs?

Yules · January 2012

Every time it gets warmer out, these fukkers come out of the woodwork. Literally. H woke up with one next to his face on the pillow.

If you have had this problem, has anyone found anything that kills them? I wish there was something I could do that would be the equivalent of sprinkling salt on a slug with these.

weberm05 · January 2012

our news had this article before about making your own stink bug trap...hope it helps.

https://www.wjactv.com/videos/news/do-it-yourself-stink-bug-trap/vDShD/

Smootchy · January 2012

I've never heard of such a thing. The thought of waking up with a bug by my face makes me cringe!

chach916 · January 2012

I opened this thinking it was a call out to another bumpie.

Embarrassed

ABColeslaw · January 2012

We do have them.

historychick79 · January 2012

We get them, but I haven't seen them since their usual Sept/Oct arrival. (so far, shudder). I hear they love going down the toilet....

Linz-E · January 2012

Yes! They are disgusting!

ASmallWonder · January 2012

Holy mother of god. At my last job we would become infested by them every year. I had one fall from the cathedral ceiling into my water. Another time I went to pick up my phone and they were crawling on it and I screamed so loudly people thought I was being attacked. They would crawl in purses and people would end up with them in the blowers in their cars. OMG I'm so glad I don't have to deal with that anymore. *Shudder*

ms12345 · January 2012

Yup, if my heater even goes above about 65, they come out. We keep the house between 60 and 62, and don't see them until it gets warmer.

Discordia1030 · January 2012

I saw one on our kitchen sink yesterday, but other then that, none since the summer.

triplea1819 · January 2012

I have seen them in DE, but not in MA or DE.

They are very disgusting. In a relatives house in DE, they are everywhere. The dogs eat them.

Yules · January 2012

historychick79:
We get them, but I haven't seen them since their usual Sept/Oct arrival. (so far, shudder). I hear they love going down the toilet....

In the fall, it got to the point that we were concerned about our septic system with all the flushing. I started to save each flush until I had a couple of these a$$holes floating in there. Then I used a jug with scented soapy water to toss them into. I tried spraying soapy water all over my windows, I even smeared lavender oil on the frames. Nothing worked. This winter has been pretty warm so far, and when it gets above 50 outside they climb out of their hiding spots ready to head out.

I heard on NPR that some kind of a genetically modified wasp is being bred that may be able to kill off their larvae by laying their own eggs into them. I hope they are ready to go for this spring.

Yules · January 2012

weberm05:
our news had this article before about making your own stink bug trap...hope it helps.

https://www.wjactv.com/videos/news/do-it-yourself-stink-bug-trap/vDShD/

Thank you, I haven't heard of this trap yet. Looks cheap to make, will have to try it.

melody921 · January 2012

Yes, we have them. Our last house was the worst bc there were a lot of trees behind us, and it was an older home, so they literally swarmed when the weather got warm. We had to have an exterminator who would spray the outside of the house to deter them. It helped, but they still got in. We moved 15 miles away to a home with no woods, and I've only seen a couple. They are seriously nasty.

historychick79 · January 2012

Yules:

historychick79:
We get them, but I haven't seen them since their usual Sept/Oct arrival. (so far, shudder). I hear they love going down the toilet....

In the fall, it got to the point that we were concerned about our septic system with all the flushing. I started to save each flush until I had a couple of these a$$holes floating in there. Then I used a jug with scented soapy water to toss them into. I tried spraying soapy water all over my windows, I even smeared lavender oil on the frames. Nothing worked. This winter has been pretty warm so far, and when it gets above 50 outside they climb out of their hiding spots ready to head out.

I heard on NPR that some kind of a genetically modified wasp is being bred that may be able to kill off their larvae by laying their own eggs into them. I hope they are ready to go for this spring.

Ahh, see we're on sewer lines so no worries about septic for us.

I've heard ants and other insects dislike peppermint, so maybe that might work better?

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KJmashup · January 2012

I'm not in the northeast, but there are stink bugs here in Texas too. Along with every other type of vermin. We used to use Dursban, but now that it's no longer available, we've struggled to find effective agents.

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