Chris in VA Posted September 24, 2010 Share Posted September 24, 2010 (edited) Uggh. Blech. THey are everywhere. I found one on the toaster handle and one on the computer monitor this morning. They are all over our window screens. They hide in the pleats of our curtains. They buzz around the kitchen overhead light/fan at night. I am sick of stink bugs! Washington Post says the infestation started in Allentown, PA, in 2003 (or 4, I can't remember). They rode in from Asia and have spread to over half the US now. One expert says the infestation this year is "biblical" in proportion. Blech again! Edited September 24, 2010 by Chris in VA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonersl Posted September 24, 2010 Share Posted September 24, 2010 Yes, we have them in NC too!!!! My 3 year old runs around the house trying to find them and then complaining until someone removes them from the house. It is time for the weather to cool down and then, maybe, maybe, they will go away! Shannon in NC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
galtgrl Posted September 24, 2010 Share Posted September 24, 2010 Yes, in Ohio too. I hate the sound they make when they fly near you. The kids like to look at them, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NanceXToo Posted September 24, 2010 Share Posted September 24, 2010 We've been seeing them kind of frequently very recently, here in PA! I've found a few in my house, I've seem them in the yard, and one was in my car the other day. Yuck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Country Mouse Posted September 24, 2010 Share Posted September 24, 2010 Yes! They are all over outside (not inside yet, thankfully). We are in KY. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JenC3 Posted September 24, 2010 Share Posted September 24, 2010 Yep they decimated my squash this year and we find them on the screened in porch, but so far none in the house. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarlaS Posted September 24, 2010 Share Posted September 24, 2010 I had one in my car yesterday. They seem to be all over here (Michigan) as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pink and Green Mom Posted September 24, 2010 Share Posted September 24, 2010 Loaded with stinkbugs here in my corner of NoVA, too. Outside, inside, I am so skeeved out. Found one in my washing machine. I started vacuuming them up with the hose attachment, even outside. Vacuum now stinks and needs to be replaced, but I couldn't stand it anymore. Yuck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sleepymommy Posted September 24, 2010 Share Posted September 24, 2010 I'm in Va too and we've got them EVERYWHERE. It's like it's raining stinkbugs instead of rain this summer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brigitte Posted September 24, 2010 Share Posted September 24, 2010 Major infestation around here, too! My girls are collecting them and putting them in their bug houses. :tongue_smilie: They are called harmless bugs in our house, because when F&L first saw them, they got really scared and we told them not to worry, as they are harmless. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blueridge Posted September 24, 2010 Share Posted September 24, 2010 We're in SW VA, and for the last few weeks the window screens have been covered with them. The garden is full of them. Now they are finding ways into the house. About 30 minutes ago, one flew buzzing past and touched my FACE!!! :eek: Yep, I screamed... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joy at Home Posted September 24, 2010 Share Posted September 24, 2010 Yes, NE PA is like a horror movie. Just counted thirty in dd room. Our pumpkin patch is so covered with stinkers that you can't even see the orange. Dd4 is freaked out by stinkbugs, and she's broke down and cried four times today because they keep flying right in her face (which I admit I find funny in a sick sorta way). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChristusG Posted September 24, 2010 Share Posted September 24, 2010 Ewwwww! You guys are seriously freaking me out! We are down here in Floida and rarely ever see a stink bug. I hope it stays that way! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mandamom Posted September 24, 2010 Share Posted September 24, 2010 We've got them, too. We usually get them during the year but this year's supply is horrible. On my local mom's board they are saying that these things bite. I had always thought they were harmless. I'm getting a little confused. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tess in the Burbs Posted September 24, 2010 Share Posted September 24, 2010 I am in Loudoun County too and yes, it's awful! They drop from the trees on you at the park......yuck! I am trying to check the car before going into the garage so they don't come inside that way.... yuck, yuck, yuck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris in VA Posted September 24, 2010 Author Share Posted September 24, 2010 They don't bite. No natural predators, either---pity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vettechmomof2 Posted September 24, 2010 Share Posted September 24, 2010 They don't bite.No natural predators, either---pity. assassin bugs will kill them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wulfbourne Posted September 24, 2010 Share Posted September 24, 2010 Yup. I'm in MD and they're everywhere here. I stopped to pump gas today and they were all over the pump, columns, and my car. It's insane. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RegGuheert Posted September 25, 2010 Share Posted September 25, 2010 We're overrun with them here in this part of the Shenandoah Valley! We've had some over the past couple of years, but nothing like this! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wulfbourne Posted September 25, 2010 Share Posted September 25, 2010 I went to find more info on them and found lots of articles about the current infestation: Members of Congress from Maryland, Pennsylvania and three other states under siege by the brown marmorated stink bug are asking federal authorities to allow farmers to fight back with pesticides that are not now approved for such use. Rallied by Maryland Republican Rep. Roscoe Bartlett, 15 members signed a letter Friday to Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson, arguing that "if we fail to take action … damage from this insect could prove to be a national crisis." Farmers in Maryland and other Mid-Atlantic states are reporting significant crop damage — 20 percent or more in some orchards — from the invasive Asian species. The congressional letter asks the USDA to "fast-track" reclassification of the stink bug, Halyomorpha halys, from a nonregulated pest to one that is regulated. That would allow the EPA to approve the unregistered, emergency use of any pesticides found to be effective. Many existing products don't work because of the insect's feeding and over-wintering habits. Greg Rosenthal, spokesman for the USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, said the agency has not yet seen the letter. But, he said, the service "is convening a New Pest Advisory Group to consider the regulatory status of the pest." The letter also asks the USDA to fund expanded monitoring, control and eradication programs, and to work with universities and private companies to register pesticides found to be effective. "Time is of the essence," the bipartisan group wrote. "The goal is to marshal all available government resources to develop an effective control than can be implemented by next spring." Besides Bartlett, signers include Maryland Democratic Reps. Frank Kratovil, Steny Hoyer, and C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger, as well as members from districts in Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Oklahoma and California. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samba Posted September 25, 2010 Share Posted September 25, 2010 We've been invaded by the stinkbugs, too! I was getting rid of them one by one with a tissue but I finally resorted to using the vacuum. My kids are watching Stanley the Stinkbug as I type. They thought it very apropos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mejane Posted September 25, 2010 Share Posted September 25, 2010 Got 'em in CT, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris in VA Posted September 25, 2010 Author Share Posted September 25, 2010 assassin bugs will kill them. ooo--now where could I get some of those? :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Margo out of lurking Posted September 25, 2010 Share Posted September 25, 2010 Roanoke Valley has been taken over. We don't have too many in the house, thankfully--maybe half a dozen a day? Dh bravely vacuums them. I squash them on the garage floor. I haven't noticed any smell. Ds noticed them hanging out on the screens on our sunporch. I was glad to realize they are on the outside. :ack2: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luckymama Posted September 25, 2010 Share Posted September 25, 2010 Nasty buggers. They cover the screens on the sunny sides of the house. Dh spent some quality time with The Google last night and discovered that they have pincers (pinchers?) which can hurt people----a defense mechanism apparently. I told him to keep that news quiet so Youngest doesn't freak out even more when one buzzes past her head :rolleyes: I never thought I'd look forward to a killing frost... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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