Stink Bug Survey

[Anonymous Poster]

<font color=blue>The odor they emit when crushed reminds me of fresh cut grass. </font color=blue>

I crushed a couple unknowingly in my shed, and thought "rotten apples" before I realized where the smell was coming from....

Topic for new thread: <font color=red>"What does a stink bug smell like to you???"</font color=red> /w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif

Bill in Pgh, PA

 

[JohnMiller3]

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I've never heard of a stink bug... (on the same token... I haven't heard a quadzillion other things either)

But... are you sure that's not a Cockroach...! /w3tcompact/icons/shocked.gif

 

[northcreek2624]

<font color=red>"But... are you sure that's not a Cockroach...!" </font color=red>

Yes I'm sure,cockroachs are fast on the other hand you could time stink bugs with a sundial.
They do smell similar to all the things mentioned in this thread and I've noticed that even among my family we all have a different idea about what the smell reminds us of.
One thing for sure is that the odor is unmistakable and they don't hesitate to use it,even in freezing wheather when they appear to be dead...PHEW!........Mike

 

[JDGREEN4ME]

Looks alot like a boxelder beetle, that we have all over our place. We have them in the house at this point also. We were doing some work on the back porch and there were hundreds of them between the walls!

 

[northcreek2624]

[red["Looks alot like a boxelder beetle"</font color=red>


Maybe,do they stink?.........Mike

 

[BB_TX]

Here are some stink bug pictures.</font color=blue> Looks similar to your picture except for the back legs. Apparently there are varies species of it though.

 

[northcreek2624]

Now I'm confused,my insect doesn't look like a stink bug or a boxeder bug.
I've been checking the various insect sites but none of the bugs shown have the back legs that look like Popeye's arms.
All my bugs have them so it's not a male/female thing.
Any thoughts??.........Mike

 

[BB_TX]

I am at a loss too. I have seen those bugs with the same hind legs around here (N TX), but I don't know what they are called. I thought they were stink bugs also.

 

[BB_TX]

Look what I found</font color=blue>. Looks like you might have a leaf footed bug from the family Coreidae./w3tcompact/icons/clever.gif

 

[northcreek2624]

TX,thanks for pointing me in the right direction,now I know where these critters came from,Califonia but it took them 80+ years to get to New York.Here's the <A target="_blank" HREF=http://ceinfo.unh.edu/Counties/Hillsborough/seedbug.htm>scoop</A>........Mike