Ain't no big deal.
Posted on 09/25/2009 1:32:30 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
Experts say the insects are from Asia and first appeared in Allentown, Pennsylvania back in 1996. They then spread throughout our area and beyond. There are no known predators, so the bugs continue to creep into homes through cracks and crevices.
Experts say while last year was bad, this year will be worse.
"I thought I heard something rattling in the baseboard and there were hundreds in one window," Wade added.
Residents say they are under attack inside and outside of their home. "I was battling them out of the way," Milhaupt said.
Milhaupt says she snags them with tissue, handling them carefully in order to prevent the bugs form releasing their oily, mildew-like odor before sending them on their way.
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“To keep them out of your house do the same things you’d do to make your home energy-efficient: weather strip, caulk, seal all the cracks.”
Certainly they will feel right at home.
“Residents say they are under attack inside and outside of their home. “I was battling them out of the way,” Milhaupt said.”
Kind of like congress...
NOT gonna say it.
Ain't no big deal.
Ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww. That IS a nasty thought...Bwany Fwanks Fwinger....no tellin where its been.
Awwwwwwwwwwwww geeeeeeeeeeeeez! More claims of racism!
And there is no way to destroy them?
Just the title has racist overtones.
Brown stink bug. That’s racist.
There is always a stink in Washington. That happens when so many incompetents are housed in one area.
Anyone we know.... :0)))
They’re disgusting. We’re swamped with them in Virginia, too.
First thing I learned as child exploring the woods outside our house...Never touch one of these things!
The return of the stinkbugs!
It must be an omen.
Hope they don’t make their way up to the northern part of the state.
I have lots of toads in the window wells this year. These things go in cycles.
Plagues, anyone?
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