Stink bugs!

[NortheastAl]

A few teaspoons of neem oil (sold at hardware and landscaping supply stores) in a spray bottle is a natural repellant for your doorways and window sills. Lysol, pinesol or any other scents in the pine/mint family work too. Last resort, Ivory or Dawn dish soap (NOT the anti bacteria stuff) works too but not as well as the neem oil solution

I have neem oil but didn't think of it for this problem. These Stinkbugs are resistant to many insecticides, so I thought the neem oil would not work. I will give the peppermint oil a shot as I need to keep the mice out as well.

Thanks, Jeni Marie. Appreciate the help.

 

[Stegman]

We get those like crazy too, but they don't really bother us. They have to be among the least annoying bugs anywhere. They move so slowly it's kind of amusing.

 

[NortheastAl]

I was looking pretty good since I sprayed the house and foundation. I opened the wood stove door to look inside because I thought I saw a stain on the firebrick. What I found was a lot of Stinkbugs. It was cold this morning so they'd moved slowly. Must have had about 10 on the air wash at the top of the door frame. More on the inside. Picked them off with a paper towel and flushed them down the toilet. They are probably following the warm house air from the draft in the flue at night and flying down to the stove. Shocking to see so many in there. Did not look in the flue to see if they are stuck on the sides. . Looks like tonight is as good as any night to have the first fire of the season.

 

[Adios Pantalones]

I was looking pretty good since I sprayed the house and foundation. I opened the wood stove door to look inside because I thought I saw a stain on the firebrick. What I found was a lot of Stinkbugs. It was cold this morning so they'd moved slowly. Must have had about 10 on the air wash at the top of the door frame. More on the inside. Picked them off with a paper towel and flushed them down the toilet. They are probably following the warm house air from the draft in the flue at night and flying down to the stove. Shocking to see so many in there. Did not look in the flue to see if they are stuck on the sides. . Looks like tonight is as good as any night to have the first fire of the season.

No death by fire?

 

[NortheastAl]

No death by fire?

That's what tonight is for. Too warm right now. I'm guessing there are enough in the flue even now.

 

[n3pro]

We get them here though not near as bad as other places I go at work. We get them much worse up at the cabin. They are some of the oddest insects IMO. We were working on a house in New Cumberland, PA last week and they were pretty bad there. I've tried a few things, think they're dead because they are on their back and not moving but in the morning they're gone so obviously not. They seem to be good at playing dead.

 

[NortheastAl]

Lit the stove tonight for the first time this season. There were a few stinkers that started running around then flew into the flames of the kindling. Hoping their active season is almost over.