I usually don’t see them in numbers until Sept. or so, then they arrive and do damage to my tomatoes on the vine. Nasty holes in the fruit that at first I thought were caused by birds.
I was surprised to see them in April, but I had lots of dead vegetation in my garden that could harbor them. Sprayed and killed lots of clusters of newly hatched.
"Nasty holes in the fruit that at first I thought were caused by birds."
The damage to tomatoes is much like a bullseye. They 'sting' the fruit and inject saliva-like substance that looks like it damages the flesh in rings.
On the farm we are acutely aware of stink bugs, as they will ruin immature cotton bolls in a heartbeat, and they can destroy soy beans too.
Same here. They cling to window screens in Indian Summer. When killed, they smell like acrid pine sap.
Ahhh, might be the bugs and not the birds.
I’m in North Central Texas. Could be those bugs doing damage on my tomatoes.
I’m using vegetable spray religiously this year top and bottom of the leaves, I check daily, spray every 3 days and rinse off the tops the next day or two.
I need to check the label for stinkie kill.