Posted on 10/09/2018 1:15:07 PM PDT by ETL
Normally, when the weather begins to cool, stink bugs look for shelter. But in this case, the shorter days have likely promoted the critters to seek shelter in advance of cooler temperatures.
“This is the time of year when these bugs start to look forward to shelter and move into people’s homes,” Benson said, adding the brown marmorated stink bugs — which were first reported in the United States in the 1990s and in South Carolina roughly six or seven years ago — “aggregate in large numbers in sheltered locations.”
While it’s not an issue when these insects aggregate in a “tree hole,” Benson said, "in your house ... that’s another thing.”
Benson explained these creatures sneak into homes through gaps and other open spaces — such as tears in window screens or through an open door. He encouraged residents to make sure their homes are properly sealed with caulking, as stink bugs “attract one another.”
“The quicker you can kill them or sweep them [away] the better off you’ll be. Once they get into your house they are harder to control,” he warned.
While stink bugs aren’t typically harmful to pets or humans, they have been known to produce an allergic reaction in those “who are sensitive to the bugs’ odor,” according to Pennsylvania State University. These bugs also feed on fruits — specifically apples, figs, and peaches, among others.
To get rid of stink bugs, Benson warned not to crush the creatures, as this method will release the bugs’ odor which can stink up a room or home. Rather, Benson suggested removing the bugs manually, by capturing them and placing them outside. A pesticide can also kill off the pests if the population persists.
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I’ll trade our palmetto bugs for those stink bugs any day.
They get into older construction that is not so tightly sealed up and insulated. Mom has a very nice 60’s ranch, gorgeous wormy chestnut tongue and groove paneling in the den. That seems to be where they hide, though. Easy to catch and get rid of, they sun themselves on window ledges like cats, just loafing around. So slow and ponderous. Weird things.
They’ve been in NC for years. No idea why they haven’t been in SC, probably have been in the Upstate which is very much like NC. Maybe they’re Lowcountry snobs and they’re just getting there. So now they have stink bugs AND palmetto bugs lol.
Molly, Our Italian Cane Corso Mastiff EATS them damned things. Give Her the Heads Up they are around and She’s ALL OVER THEM SUCKERS !!!
This is good unless She eats too many and gets sick. But We save on Dog Crunchies! WOO HOO..
i have absolutely NO idea how they get into the house
Thanks for the link. Feel free to post some informative excerpts. I can’t now. On a small smartphone tonight.
That part is easy.
They just flip open a tiny little communicator and say:
BEAM US IN SCOTTY YOU CRAZY SCOTSMAN WE GOT THE BOOZE !
And whala! They’re in.
that’d do it
Seven Dust if that is all you can find.
Use power duster or shotgun duster for application. Follow PPE requirements.
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