Wednesday, October 2, 2013

Stink Bugs

The Stink Bug fall migration has begun in earnest. I turned on the outside faucet and out came a bunch. Ick.

The dryer, warmer weather is really driving them out. They seem attracted to dark colors, too. These are the non-native imports from China, brought to you by Penn State. For years they have been trying to find a way to combat this scourge, but so far no
dice.

We've been vacuuming them up, inside and outside, and randomly catching them for a final swim in the soapy dish of water on the window sill.



Also pictured is the native variety. As in the last fifty years, I only see about two a year, not forty in an evening.
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