Stink Bugs(?!?!)

Started up the 30 for my first burn of the year... noted I shut the door a tad too early and secondaries weren't jumping, so I cracked the door and was greeted by an army of stink bugs!

Something I should have "summerized" against?

yup i finished install of my new (pre-owned) stove yesterday and lit a test fire and the stinkbug army came outta there quick. the room smelled like cilantro for about 20 minutes but then it was gone

Well, I solved the problem in the short term by closing the door again. Secondaries died, but so did the stink bugs. Finito benito.

I had a few as well when I first lit the stove.

Fair question, but since I only found then IN the stove and the woodpile NEXT TO the stove shows no signs of stink-buggery, I'm thinking they found their way into the stove on their own.

begreen - it's a regional pest (primarily MD and PA but moving in all directions over the last 5+ years ). They nest in every crevice they can find inside or outside a house, car, hanging clothes, under a grill cover, everything. My wife works for USDA, the bug hitchhiked here from China somehow. first documented infestation is Allentown PA in approx 1991. No remedy, we just live with them and their horrible smell.

Them damm things are a royal pain in the azz! Thankfully, they have been TOO bad yet this fall, but we still occasionally find one here and there in the house. Every sunny afternoon in the fall there are several on the screens of the windows (outside).

As much as I like the smell of cilantro, I agree with begreen...

They've made it to upstate NY Since we live in an old house, offer more crevices than most. Now drafts aren't the only thing that infiltrates. They are driving my son nuts, he can't tolerate them, they know it, and have chosen his room as their meeting place. Every few minutes we hear a scream, hasty running, and the toilet flushing. Our septic is probably going to explode soon.

No stink bugs in Arizona, Blue.

Clearly, we need tougher immigration laws

My oldest son is autistic, and he is terrified of them! He goes around the house on 'stinkbug patrol', notifying us of the whereabouts of every single last one of them.......and he elects me to go and eradicate them.....

Yep, thats one of the little bassturds, alright! During the spring and summer months, they are very hard to see as they are as green as the leaves on the trees. Not sure if they are like a chameleon or if they go through different color phases, but I always see them in the early to mid summer and they are a completely different color...

The kids call them Gladiator bugs, the youngest thought he could do battle with them till he messed with them the first time

A good friend of mine from high school was telling us about here 3yr old daughter. She was in another room and decided to peek in on her little girl who had gotten quiet all of the sudden.....when she went to check on her, she said her daughter had this puckered look on her face like she had just eaten something REALLY sour. She quickly went over and opened the little girls mouth to find a stinkbug chewed up to bits!

nasty, nasty, NASTY!!

Oh, yeah. I thought they were something new. We had those in the Spokane area and called them stink bugs there, too, but I haven't seen any around here in the western part. Even over there, it wasn't as severe a problem. Maybe it's a climate thing.

That would be the $10,000 winner on funniest home videos, I can just imagine the look

THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT SHE SAID! She was mortified at first, but now laughs about it! Too bad she didn't have a video camera on hand......

Thanks fossil.....didn't realize there was a whole family of those damm things!

I'm on the DE MD line and we have a real lot of them. I knock them to the ground then step on them. 50 maybe.