Stink Bugs?

jimmer2880 · Feb 18, 2008

We can't seem to be able to control our Stink Bug population. I've lived in MD all my life and only within the past 1-2 years we have had this problem. Everytime there is a warm day, they seem to flock into our house. With Spring around the corner, I want to start doing something to prevent them soon.

Here are the critters I'm talking about:

Monitoring for the Brown Marmorated Stink Bug: How to Control the Brown Marmorated Stink Bug

Has anyone been successful in killing/deterring these things?

JDGREEN4ME · Feb 18, 2008

They are a pain in the ***! We started seeing them here about three years ago.

jimmer2880 · Feb 18, 2008

During the winter, we typically flush 2-3 a day. When it warms up above 50, it's 3-5 a day. When it's in the 80's, we easily flush close to 10 a day. The siding on the west side of my house would easily have 20 of those little things on in mid afternoon. What a nuisence.

If you have them, check things like exhaust fan covers (on the inside ceiling side). We also have a set of wall-mounted folder pockets. They seem to love that also.

There has to be something that gets rid of them.

hockeypuck · Feb 18, 2008

I have not seen hardly one in the past 6 months, but a year ago and before they were all over the place, in my house, in the storm windows... ect. They are no where to be found. We finally had a serious winter this year and maybe that had something to do with it. I have heard some nasty rumors about those things, like they can cause rashes ect.

puck

Matt_W · Feb 19, 2008

Here in PA have noticed more than usual in 2007. I have noticed them camouflaged onto the logs we burn in the fireplace.
Maybe another source that they are getting in.

jimmer2880 · Feb 19, 2008

Last summer, we had the aluminum siding and soffet removed and replaced with Vinyl. When they pulled off the old siding, there were thousands of them living inside the siding. Before they put the vinyl on, we had them wrap the house in Tyvek. I hope that helps, but they actually seem to be worse since then.

Good point on the firewood. We burn a couple cords a year. They could be coming in there as well.

JDGREEN4ME · Sep 23, 2010

I know this is an old thread however we are over run with stink bugs this year! I have used Raid flying insect killer that works but it seems to take forever to kill them. According to research their only natural predator are bats but I would need to live in a cave for that to work for me.

WVBill · Sep 23, 2010

Yep - big time invasion here in northeastern WV too.
Farmers are starting to notice crop damage. I'm hoping that will spur on some research on something to kill them.

I've been coating the outside of the house in Permetherin (sp?) bug killer every two weeks in the late summer/fall. It worked pretty good last year but this year, there's just too many of them.... it's not getting them all.

Freds · Sep 23, 2010

I see those once in a while. I never knew what they were called. At least mine are outside.
Right now I am being overun by cluster flies. I'll have them all winter now and every warm day they will come to life. Spraying every year did not seem to help as you need to time it just right, when they are about to move in. I imagine those stink bugs are the same way.