Stink bugs

[astrid]

Originally Posted by ALToronto

They are a plague on raspberry crops in Canada. They eat everything, they even bite people.

NOOOOO!!! I did not need to know that they bite! So icky!!

Pictures of Brown Marmoted Stinkbugs were plastered all over the Auckland airport in New Zealand like wanted signs, and you wouldn't be allowed into the country until they got rid of all the ones in your belongings.

I was cleaning my friend's house one time, and I opened the window to clean the track, and there were 10 of them... just sitting there and moving slowly. Oh it grosses me out!!!

[orchids44]

found them in the bark of my orchids. North Carolina has them. I get great pleasure in smashing the suckers!

[dbarron]

Great stinky pleasure ? I haven't squished any with my bare hands in years...does it wash off pretty well ?

[lotis146]

Originally Posted by wintergirl

Brown marmorated stink bugs arrived in Pennsylvania in 1996 from Asia, they are an invasive species and are now in 37 states.

Oh gosh do I feel ignorant! I did not know about these guys, going to have to look into because I've always thought stinkbugs weren't an issue. I've had some pop up in my house over the winter then today I found one (inside) on my Zygolum when I went to water (I'm going to assume he was about to have a snack, and it's in bud...). Didn't feel the need to kill the bugger so I flicked him off outside.

I never had any issues with them last summer when all my plants were outside. So it does seem that they don't care too much about orchids when they have other options.

Originally Posted by ALToronto

They are a plague on raspberry crops in Canada. They eat everything, they even bite people.

They bite! I think the next one I see inside is going to be upset I read this thread.

Originally Posted by Stray59

We in Indiana have them by the droves! They stay off my orchids, but I found them totally munching on all my tomatoes last year and then this winter we have had several "outbreaks" of them sporadically indoors. I know it isn't "kind", but I just squish them and throw the little carcasses outside. Recycle the little buggers!
Yeah, they stink, but they suck juices out of every plant in sight and I am not the type to throw them out so they can attack something out there. And I can just wash my hands afterward, so that doesn't really bother me at all. I really detest them. They are everywhere hibernating in large numbers. I should have known they weren't the native ones - I had not seen this type before a couple of years ago, so I am guessing these are the "imports".

I've definitely seen some 'outbreaks' here and there but not sure what species it is. I'm rather glad I've read this, now I have to figure out whose bad and who doesn't deserve to die!

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Lord, now I feel guilty, I'm thinking the little sucker I flicked outside (thinking I was doing the karmically right zen thing to do) is one of these invasive buggers. Great...