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As temperatures fall, stink bug sightings rise

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lxskllr said:
I think they got started in York county PA.
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Hell ya. I must have seen 50 of them at the in-laws place in the woods this weekend. They had 7 or 8 hanging by the front door - we had to go in through the garage instead. They fly around you and land on you ... ickkk.
 
Ichinisan said:
That is *not* a stink bug. It's not even a bug. It's a beetle.
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Tell you what, I'll capture you one and put it in a box and ship it to you. When you get the package open it up and knock the *beetle* around with your finger for a bit to piss him off. Take a big smell and tell me again it's not a stink bug.

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I see a single one every now and then around the house, that's about it. Been this way ever since I heard about them.
 
ViperXX said:
Tell you what, I'll capture you one and put it in a box and ship it to you. When you get the package open it up and knock the *beetle* around with your finger for a bit to piss him off. Take a big smell and tell me again it's not a stink bug.

Address Please?
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Ladybugs are beetles that also emit an unpleasant smell. Despite the common name, it's a beetle, not a "bug."

People in your region call that other beetle a "stinkbug," but they're wrong. An actual stinkbug is a true bug. Beetles are not "bugs."

Around here, we have wild strawberries (pretty different from the tasty hybrids you buy from the store). Locals incorrectly refer to them as "snake berries" and believe they're poisonous. They are wrong.

In my area, a daddy long-legs (or grand-daddy long-legs) is a Harvestman, which isn't really a spider. In other parts of the country, people use the same name to refer to a common spider that is usually found in basements. In still other parts of the country, the same name refers to a flying insect. In this case, none of them are actually incorrect.
 
I bought a small hand vaccuum just for the MFers. No, I don't put them outside...I pour the resevoir right into the toilet and flush.
 
ViperXX said:
Tell you what, I'll capture you one and put it in a box and ship it to you. When you get the package open it up and knock the *beetle* around with your finger for a bit to piss him off. Take a big smell and tell me again it's not a stink bug.



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All beetles are insects. All bugs are insects. Not all insects are bugs. Got it? The one you call a "stink bug" is only called that by people who are ignorant of this and technically wrong (the worst kind of "wrong").

Until recently I have always assumed that all wasps were bees and that all bees were not wasps. In a different discussion on these forums, I learned that both are distinct. I do not defend my prior misconception. In fact, I am eager to learn about my lifelong misconceptions to reduce my ignorance. If you enjoy being ignorant, fine, but don't try and pressure others to support your ignorance.
 
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Demand CS will kill them after you treat the house. We get them really bad this time of year. Now the worst part is sweeping all the dead ones off the deck every day.
 
Do stink bugs ever actually release any kind of stink? I've seen them, but I have never actually smelled something bad around them.
 
Yeah, lately I've noticed a bunch either in my house or crawling around the front door/screen trying to get it. I've been curious why they want in; what attracts them.

I just pick them up and toss them outside.

Fern
 
smackababy said:
Do stink bugs ever actually release any kind of stink? I've seen them, but I have never actually smelled something bad around them.
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Squish one and smell it, and when they get scarred they put out a smell. It's nothing really bad, like a strong earth smell, but it lingers.
 
ViperXX said:
Tell you what, I'll capture you one and put it in a box and ship it to you. When you get the package open it up and knock the *beetle* around with your finger for a bit to piss him off. Take a big smell and tell me again it's not a stink bug.

Address Please?
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you're trying to argue semantics when this is a well-defined term, impervious to a local tongue.

You posted a picture of a bombardier beetle. It is not a bug and is not classified by science as a bug. It is a beetle. It is certainly not a "stink bug," which is a common term that refers to an actual bug.
 
Nice thing about cold weather is there are no more mosquitoes.

If you want something that really stinks though, red ants. They smell so weird.
 
lxskllr said:
I've never smelled them. I don't squash them, and they don't get in my bed, under my pillow like stinkbugs. Nothing worse than going to sleep with stinkbug stench in your nose.
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It seems that everyone but you knows that ladybugs secrete a smelly substance when disturbed. It also tastes bad to birds and other predators. You can see it on them when you hold one (two blobs on the underside).

The same smell is particularly strong where they hibernate. I suspect that it helps them find the other ladybugs and find the successful hibernation spots year after year.

Stinkbugs smell like Harvestmen/Daddy-long-legs. A chemical kind of smell. Ladybugs smell like a cup of earthworms from a bait shop (rotting leaves).
 
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