Stink bugs

[Jchonline]

We are covered up here in CO. What the heck is it with them this year?

 

[Jchonline]

I use a crossman pellet pistol, no pellet loaded, pumped up 2-3 pumps, muzzle within 3" of the bugs. Not a very efficient method.

Doesnt that just spread the stink lol

 

[Jchonline]

Wow, glad we don't have this problem too much in NH where I live. Probably too cold in the winter.

Nah we have cold winters here, but still lots of bugs.

 

[OrangeKrush]

To capture the bugs, mix a good squirt of dish washing liquid with water in a container, then hold the container under them since they are stupid enough to let themselves drop. The soap prevents them from floating and they drown. For less stink, use toilet bowl cleaner that has bleach instead of the dish washing liquid.

As mentioned, a vacuum cleaner is the wrong tool, especially the type that pulls the dirt thru the impeller before the bag.

The bugs are hard to kill, some sprays knock them down making you think they are killed but they recover later.

If you repeated see them at the same place, know that they leave a scent trail for others to follow. Wash that area with soap and water to reduce that traffic.

Good to know! We don't get many .. but enough in the house. I usually just grab them lightly with tissue or paper towel and flush. Just grabbed one off the floor minutes ago.

 

[DaveFromMi]

Doesnt that just spread the stink lol

Point the muzzle parallel with the surface the bug is on. Bug and bug parts blasted about 20' downrange.

 

[MOTOROLANUT]

House was covered with them here in WV.

Agree and Chinese ladybug like beetles. In WV only thing worse is that damn mountain olive brush!

 

[OntheRidge]

Agree and Chinese ladybug like beetles. In WV only thing worse is that damn mountain olive brush!

And ladybugs showed up today! Everywhere!!

 

[DaveFromMi]

We have lots of unique gifts from China.

 

[lynnmor]

We have lots of unique gifts from China.

While the most intrusive species of ladybugs did come from China, the idiots in the Dept. of Agriculture brought them here. A native of eastern Asia, the multicolored Asian lady beetle, Harmonia axyridis, was introduced into the United States by the U.S. Department of Agriculture as a biological control agent.