Stinkbugs

[billporterfield]

Telstar is the product to use if your want to kill there "buggers". This product will take down Japanes bettles, wasps, stingbug, etc. What is down is to spray the entire home (outside only) and when it drys has a 6 month protection. It can be used around kitchen. Been using this for years.

[xlogger]

Has anyone here make a trap for the stinkbugs that works? I seen on youtube one that puts a light in a coffee can with the light at the bottom and a clear plastic bowl on top with soapy water in it. Wonder if that works?

[Magicman]

The "false ladybugs" are a real nuisance for us.   :-\

[Leigh Family Farm]

The best pest control for stinkbugs that I have heard of is the Guinea Fowl. This farm bird will eat every tick, stink bug, and unwanted insect on your entire property. The vacuum trick doesn't work;it just stinks up your vacuum. I never heard about the red light contraption but then again we used to change the porch light bulbs to green or red bulbs so the bugs and mosquitos  wouldn't come near us.

[SwampDonkey]

House flies are a winter time chore to vacuum up.  ;D

[stavebuyer]

The fall "indoor" migration of these imported pests has begun again.  Side of my house was covered with them on a beautiful, cool Sunday afternoon.  We've worked hard to tighten up our chimneys, doors, windows and vents to decrease the numbers that make it inside to "hibernate" for the winter.  Anybody else hate these things as much as I do?

I hate the darn nasty things. They are a somewhat new arrival; but like the EAB they have made it here and multiplied exponentially and have become a problem in the house. 
Anyone achieved success in controlling them?

[SwampDonkey]

What do these 'stink bugs' look like? We've always had native stink bugs here in grain harvest by the millions like ladybugs (native ones) as far back as I can remember in the 70's. Stink bugs get on elderberries, maybe they eat those, no idea. The wild type I see here all the time are a lime green, I've never seen one in the house.

Green Stink Bug (Chinavia hilaris)

[SwampDonkey]

I don't have the house flies in winter here inside the new house, but they do get in during the warm season on the porch and around window screen with an open window and every time a door opens. Even an Asian lady bug once in awhile, in fall. But right now, not a bug of any kind. House flies are bad around AC units.

[Don P]

A stinkbug decided we'd had enough pancakes this morning and took a dive bomb into the griddle, that ended my desire for more  :.

I removed screens and was doing windows the other day. When I opened one there were hundreds of the fake ladybugs and a very few stinkbugs clustered against the seal. Next window was just the opposite. I assume they are packed in any void in the house just like that until they find a connection in to more warmth, then its just a short trip to ruining the landlord's breakfast.

[stavebuyer]

What do these 'stink bugs' look like? We've always had native stink bugs here in grain harvest by the millions like ladybugs (native ones) as far back as I can remember in the 70's. Stink bugs get on elderberries, maybe they eat those, no idea. The wild type I see here all the time are a lime green, I've never seen one in the house.

Green Stink Bug (Chinavia hilaris)

Brown marmorated stink bug - Wikipedia

[SawyerTed]

Permethrin is the best to ward off a stink bug invasion!

[SwampDonkey]

You guys have access to chemicals that are restricted up here unless you have an applicator's license. I can't even buy Round-up concentrate, all diluted stuff. And can pretty much forget any harsh insecticide, all organic and mostly ineffective stuff is all they sell. :D If I was farming and had my permit, no trouble at all. :D

[SwampDonkey]

@SawyerTed  You mean this stuff?


Dr Doom Pyrethrin

[SawyerTed]

This is what I used to keep the out of the camper. 

https://ads.midwayusa.com/product/6956710035?pid=994330&utm_medium=shopping&utm_source=google&utm_campaign=Camping+-+Insect+Repellent&utm_content=994330&gclid=Cj0KCQiAoY-PBhCNARIsABcz772VNxZNabBizdW3fBTjhMgd05A38HuhPY4M50ENGb1NsWxnFJrKyUQaAhQNEALw_wcB

[SwampDonkey]

Ok, different stuff. I do see this on different Canadian sites, some that sell camp gear.

[Ron Wenrich]

I don't see very many of them anymore.  They're usually some in the firewood stacks, but only a few.  Seems like the populations collapse, like all bug populations.  The EAB came through and has mostly collapsed.  Right now, the big population is lantern flies. 

[SwampDonkey]

Haven't noticed EAB here yet, but it was discovered in northern NB and Maine 3 years ago. Hope never to see it. A lot of ash in these parts.

[HemlockKing]

I don't see very many of them anymore.  They're usually some in the firewood stacks, but only a few.  Seems like the populations collapse, like all bug populations.  The EAB came through and has mostly collapsed.  Right now, the big population is lantern flies.

They should be killing themselves off within a decade or two no? They're killing off their only means of survival pretty fast(ash)
Once they die off there will be a need of effort to replant ash across NA

[YellowHammer]

We get stinkbugs in the fall by the thousands, maybe millions.  We cleaned out some boxes in the barn loft last fall and some boxes had literally inches deep of them crawling around.  It was like a horror movie.  We just started a bonfire and started throwing everything in.  They smell worse when they are burning.      

[samandothers]

Pesticide-free DIY: Rid your home of Stink Bugs! (Viewer tested!) - YouTube

This is a video I recently watched about the stink bugs and some non-pesticide ways to rid them.  The guy does nature videos about things in our area of Va.  He has another video on stink bugs and the Asian lady bugs.  

[aigheadish]

We've got them here in Dayton as well. Somehow we consistently have a handful flying around inside. They are gross and annoying. The most I've seen have been on my woodworking lumber and in boxes like YH mentioned. I'll have to keep some of the chemical options in mind to try to get rid of them. We tried the plug in devices that are supposed to repel insects and small critters. They debatably work a bit. We had less stickbugs inside than last year but that could be for a variety of reasons. 

[RPF2509]

I once lived in a house  that was painted the exact color of the local stinkbugs.  It had a wood shake roof perfect for hibernating tens of thousands of the buggers.  Every fall they came home to while away the winter.  Luckily once they arrived they didn't move about much until the spring out migration.  During the winter, spiders would drop the drained carcasses on my desk.  A few warm days in spring were all it took for the out migration to start and finish.  The fall build up was much longer and more of a hassle

[PoginyHill]

This is what I've referred to as "stink bugs". I guess the proper name is Asian Lady Beetle. They aren't normally that stinky, but if they are disturbed, they will emit a musty smell. If you vacuum them up (the only reasonable way to get rid of them) the vacuum exhaust smells musty. Like has been described here, they collect in large numbers on the side of the house in the fall looking for a place to winter. On warm days they'll collect on windows and leave nice little black dots everywhere. Occasionally one might join me in the shower. What fun.



 

[Walnut Beast]

Same problem in this Nick of the woods 😂

[HemlockKing]

I have those dumb asian lady bugs they pith me off right good. first few cold flashes in the late fall and they're everywhere...