These fuckers are all over the place. On my door, car, hell even when I got out of the shower I put my towel on and one just flies right off of my towel, unexpectedly.
News report from the local news site:
[quote]They are crawling up the side of houses, wriggling inside and flying into your soup.
Suzanne Collins explains why there is this sudden invasion of stink bugs in Maryland.
They look like little tanks and if you disturb them or crush them they really stink. At the Cross household in Randallstown they are congregating in great numbers on one side of the house, taking the "welcome friends" sign to heart.
Tape around the window and the air conditioner didn't stop these tough critters from coming inside.
"I had like 40 in my bedroom, they seemed to be seeping thru the windows somehow and my kids are like, 'Get the bugs out. We don't want the bugs,'" said Carrie Cross.
A Windsor Mill woman has the same problem in an upstairs bedroom.
"Every time I went upstairs, it was worse, and worse, and worse and worse. I stripped the room, bombed it, and sealed it up. I've got an exterminator coming and I'm over it. These bugs have got to go," said Kimberly Robinson.
The stink bug is not native to America and the first one is believed to have hitched a ride on a container from Asia in 2003 landing in Allentown, Pa.
By leaping onto cars, they are spreading and they're are now in Maryland. A Towson University bug expert says their population is growing exponentially.
"You're going to get a geometric increase as each female produces her 20 to 50 eggs and there's nothing from keeping these eggs from growing and thriving," said Dr. Jane Wolfson, insect ecologist.
This invasive species has no predators in the U.S. Now that it's getting colder the stink bug wants to come inside and get warm and cozy.
At Chapman Gardens in Randallstown, the bugs have been setting off the motion alarm four and five times every night.
"There are hundreds constantly around here. They fly, they land on you, they're in groups, you open the door and they're in your hair," said Michele Benbow, Chapman Gardens.
What's the best weapon against stink bugs?
According to the experts it's a vacuum cleaner, but they warn people if the bugs get crushed while they're sucked in, the vacuum will end up really smelling.
"My hands stunk so bad. They were horrible," said Cross.
The Towson professor says if you drop them in soapy water they also die. Others recommend you caulk the crevices in your house because if you just throw them out, they will crawl back in.
Stink bugs don't bite, they don't spread disease, but they can be harmful to crops.[/quote]
Anyone else being invaded by these bugs? Has any other Marylander here noticed the huge increase?
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I hate these motherfuckers, I wish they would go extinct
i have yet to see a single stinkbug
i live in maryland
I'm pretty sure they bite.
Which part of Maryland do you live in?
[QUOTE=Billiam;25008042]I'm pretty sure they bite.[/QUOTE]
No, they don't. They don't smell too bad either. Lots in my school.
This situation smells suspicious.
How do they know the first one landed in 2003, and in that location?
Do they have special bug tracking equipment? If so, why didn't they remove the bug from the crate then...
[QUOTE=Richard Simmons;25008119]How do they know the first one landed in 2003, and in that location?
Do they have special bug tracking equipment? If so, why didn't they remove the bug from the crate then...[/QUOTE]
Hmm... Maybe because they were first sighted after a shipping container was brought to America.
There is a shitload of them the father you go west, in Baltimore Ive seen maybe 2 over the past week, but out in Friedrick for a day, there were hundreds, then out in Hagerstown, at a friends house, they were everywhere, uncountable
[QUOTE=Asm;25008127]Hmm... Maybe because they were first sighted after a shipping container was brought to America.[/QUOTE]
you are aware, on how many shipping containers arrive in this country every day? Right?
[QUOTE=Asm;25008127]Hmm... Maybe because they were first sighted after a shipping container was brought to America.[/QUOTE]
Correlation without causation. Or maybe ad hoc. Fuck me I don't know. Either way that's a logical fallacy.
[QUOTE=Richard Simmons;25008170]you are aware, on how many shipping containers arrive in this country every day? Right?[/QUOTE]
Yes... A shipping container... Which contained one of the bugs... What part of this don't you understand?
[QUOTE=marlkarxv2;25008060]No, they don't. They don't smell too bad either. Lots in my school.[/QUOTE]
They only smell bad when you crush them or piss them off.
I've had them for about two years. I've tried more than one professional services that claimed they could remove them. THERE IS NO ESCAPE
You can track the spread of something based on the reports coming in over a period of time, they most likely traced it back to that area using reports that radiated out from an area near there, and that town is probably the biggest local shipping area.
I've seen a lot in Virginia too
I found one and named it Denice
Came to America in 2003? I'm pretty sure I recall messing with these things when I was a youngster in the 90's.
I live in MD and I've yet to see more than maybe three in the last year or so.
The stinkbugs have really come on the attack here. It's pretty much as the article describes- they're all over my walls, and they just started appearing yesterday.
If they do spread, it'll be a while till they get to Colorado :smug:
I live in Massachusetts and these things keep getting into my bathroom, its annoying
We've had these for around 4 months here in VA, goddamn they're annoying
I live in Maryland and I didn't notice any of these things until yesterday. They were nowhere and then all of the sudden there's loads of them on my windows trying to get in. Opening the door, even for a second, lets at least a dozen of them in. It's fucking terrible.
I thought they were always around, thats how I grew up.
They are always on your window trying to get in.
Also living in MD and counting about 25+ today alone. I was up in Baltimore for a job this morning and saw them everywhere from Baltimore down to where I live in Calvert. They love to crawl inside of truck/car doors and hitch a ride with you whenever possible.
They are really fucking annoying.
I'm in Annapolis currently, and at Annapolis High the portables outside have a bunch flying through them and around them. Takes time out of class though.
Time to start stuffing them into sacks and burning them then I guess.
that sounds like a really bad idea
Do they really smell bad when killed?
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