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Big meanies who left their pet stink bugs outside in the cold.

Seriously, did our tax dollars pay for this?

1 posted on 02/19/2019 9:34:07 AM PST by bgill
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wish the cold would kill off ticks & Lyme disease


2 posted on 02/19/2019 9:35:09 AM PST by Bob434
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Awesome


3 posted on 02/19/2019 9:36:48 AM PST by TangledUpInBlue
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They’re inside now LOL


4 posted on 02/19/2019 9:37:26 AM PST by headstamp 2
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Winning! I hate those blasted things.

Greenie weenies should be happy, it means less wasteful flushing.


5 posted on 02/19/2019 9:37:39 AM PST by LostInBayport (When there are more people riding in the cart than there are pulling it, the cart stops moving...)
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Trump’s fault! Impeach! Scandal!


6 posted on 02/19/2019 9:38:54 AM PST by Steely Tom ([Seth Rich] == [the Democrat's John Dean])
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However each female stinkbug lays 400 eggs, so the population can be restored to the usual high levels in no time.


8 posted on 02/19/2019 9:40:46 AM PST by C210N (Republicans sign check fronts; 'Rats sign check backs.)
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Finally, some good news.


9 posted on 02/19/2019 9:41:05 AM PST by pepsi_junkie
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In some places around Michigan, the BMSB invasion was worse than the box elder hatch.


10 posted on 02/19/2019 9:41:17 AM PST by Cletus.D.Yokel (Catastrophic, Anthropogenic Climate Alterations: The acronym explains the science.)
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BS! The stink bugs were invasive and tried this new place and the normal climate did them in. Also, after a few years, the local food chain figured out how to eat them. Birds don’t just start eating strange things, they slowly decide that new things are edible after assuming first that the bugs might be poisonous. Yes, discrimination as a survival tool!
Amazing how the climate hoaxers will latch on to anything and shape it to their needs.


11 posted on 02/19/2019 9:41:55 AM PST by ArtDodger
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Here in NY state, stink bugs are everywhere the past two years.

They are an invasive species from China.

I always imagined that one extreme freeze-thaw cycle in winter, along with local predators learning this new food source - will get them under control.


15 posted on 02/19/2019 9:50:33 AM PST by PGR88
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Seriously, did our tax dollars pay for this?

Probably, and that's a good thing. Stink bugs are a serious invasive agricultural pest. Fortunately, really cold weather is very bad for them.

16 posted on 02/19/2019 9:51:54 AM PST by NorthMountain (... the right of the peopIe to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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Damn! Cold weather kills bugs?? I had no frickin’ idea. See? Tax dollars for research projects really, really work!


17 posted on 02/19/2019 9:52:20 AM PST by WKUHilltopper
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I’ve been doing my part by throwing them out into the cold every time I caught one in the house.


18 posted on 02/19/2019 9:54:51 AM PST by Yo-Yo ( is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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Who leaves their stink bugs outside in the cold? How inhumane. 8>)


19 posted on 02/19/2019 9:57:24 AM PST by Robert DeLong
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I never leave my stink bugs outside in cold weather. It’s cruel....................


21 posted on 02/19/2019 10:01:59 AM PST by Red Badger (We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
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Lots of insects use this go inside strategy.
House flies have zero tolerance for cold. A small number hide out in barns, sheds and houses where the temperature is just above freezing or warmer. The eggs, pupa and adults that are outside ALL die. When spring comes, the survivors come out, and start new batches of flies. You don’t see many flies in the spring, but they are everywhere by summer.
Stink bugs use the same strategy.


23 posted on 02/19/2019 10:02:34 AM PST by BuffaloJack (Chivalry is not dead. It is a warriors code and only practiced by warriors.)
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"...may have killed up to 95 percent of the stink bugs..."

The reason dummocraps don't go outside in the winter.
24 posted on 02/19/2019 10:02:41 AM PST by budj (combat vet, 2nd of 3 generations)
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I heard that stink bugs have taken over Capital Hill.


26 posted on 02/19/2019 10:04:26 AM PST by windsorknot
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The other 5% in the spring:


28 posted on 02/19/2019 10:19:00 AM PST by Slyfox (Not my circus, not my monkeys)
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I’ve seen very few stink bugs in the last couple of years. They used to be all over the place, now they’re almost gone.

I hope the spotted lanternflies (an import from China) go the same way.


36 posted on 02/19/2019 12:03:13 PM PST by Fresh Wind (Trump: "America will never be a socialist country!")
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