stink bugs
 

I pulled my 350 engine a few weeks ago and thought I had plugged all the holes but forgot the exhaust. I removed the manifolds and there was stink bugs hanging on the valve stems. This is in my shop. I vacuumed them up and plugged the ports. Tonight I started my 1992 Chevy truck and at least 100 were under the battery and in the alternator. I have to brush them away from the doors to get in the house. This is worse than the Lady bugs.

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yeah they suck this year. They are making me wish for colder weather and I hate the cold.

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Only in Va. I had the same problem when I gutted the interior of my old Blazer. Those f'ing things were under the carpet & headliner and behind every panel. They had even wormed their way into my retractable seat belt housing

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They're everywhere in new jersey too.

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There isn't many in Texas at all...

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I read somewhere recently about how those darn things are a real problem this year. I know I'm seeing way too many of them in my neck of the woods.

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Must be a regional thing. I haven't seen any at all here. We have mosquitoes that will carry a small dog off, but no stink bug infestation.

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stink bug infestation

Stink bugs have been reported in more than 22 states including California, Florida, Kentucky, New Jersey, Ohio, Tennessee and Virginia, according to a Penn State University 2010 study.

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Yea,Damn plenty in Va.for sure.

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seeing my share here in PA.. went to a state park with my kiddies over the weekend and they were all over the playground..

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I've been noticing more of them over the last couple of weeks here in Atlanta..

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I've been hoping the mosquitoes would begin feeding on the stink bugs, no luck. Some of them are so big they sound like a 757 landing.

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We got quite a few in MD. Not as bad as the cicadas tho

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Bad out my way in Frederick Co. They eat any plant it seems local gardeners, farmers, and orchards lost a fair amount due to stink bug damage. I'll take the 17 yr cicadas over the stink bugs. Supposedly 1/4 dawn dish soap to 3/4 water mix kills them. And a word of caution do not vaccuum them up they will make the vaccuum stink some kind of bad. Rumor has it they came in a cargo container shipped from China to the mid-atlantic area.

some local paper write-ups:
Return of the stink bugs

Stink bugs wreaking havoc on farmers, gardeners

Stink bug infestation goes beyond farmers

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Way back when I joined this forum, I never thought I'd be posting about Stink Bugs! :lol::lol::lol::lol:

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I'm surprised anything is tougher than Poquoson mosquitos in your neck of the woods! I used to hear them talking behind a bush... well, do we take him home or just eat him here?

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They were especially bad this year since the Air Force didn't spray but once all summer. Yes for those reading this, the local AF base, Langley, uses a converted C-130 and sprays for skeeters. The plane fly's so low you need to check your roof for skid marks.

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Yeah, but if one of those C-130s hits one of those Poquoson mosquitos , it'd be really ugly!

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Yeah they may be big and bad, but do they have thier own festival?

http://www.mosquitofestival.com/index.html

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If You Don't Think It's The Small Things That Make A Difference, Try Going To Sleep With A Mosquito In Your Bedroom...

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Dude, that's none of my business.........:lol::lol:

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Blah Blah Blah, I know, 'skeeters are bigger in Texas.......


:lol::lol::lol::lol:

I'm gonna send our little fellas your way next year, they'll have a great time!

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No stink bugs here in north central oregon, so I can't feel your pain there, however, if you've ever had wasps build a nest in your defrost vent.... well I can relate to that.

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I had lots of wasps this year and also hornets. I had a hornets nest the size of a football in the bed of my 87. I also has some yellow jackets. But no flies or Mosquitoes.