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Post by BuckSkin on Oct 30, 2021 9:04:05 GMT
Brown Marmorated Stink Bug The term "marmorated" means variegated or veined, like marble. The brown marmorated stink bug was "accidentally" introduced into the United States from China or Japan. The bug is a lethal agricultural pest that has been severely causing damage to crops across the Eastern United States. As of 2010, 17 states had been categorized as having established populations. Managing this pest species is challenging, because few pesticides are effective against them. The bugs are highly mobile, and a new population will fly in after the resident population has been killed, making permanent removal impossible. On the home front, in the last two years, we have become absolutely infested with them. It is impossible to go outside without a dozen or more clinging to your clothes and riding back inside house or vehicle, where they will persist in constantly buzzing around your head, crawling in your hair, and dive-bombing from the ceiling. When they manage to get in the indoor bug zapper, they are too large to get knocked away, and instead remain caught in the electrified grid, smoking and cooking up an atrocious stink. From what I gather, we may as well face the fact that they aren't going away any time soon. Thursday_28-October-2021 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_marmorated_stink_bugI hope you like it.  |
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Post by Lillias on Oct 30, 2021 10:28:12 GMT
Taking it in the abstract and looking on it as a pattern and not a bug, the design and colours reminds me of some of the Aztec paintings or materials.
I have to say I don’t envy you having to cope with that sort of infestation Buckskin. If they were in the car I think I would have to give up driving because I would be too busy trying to zap them that sooner or later there would be an accident.
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Post by cats4jan on Oct 30, 2021 11:44:09 GMT
I agree - that's what they remind me of We have love bugs twice a year - (Note: the video is long, but you'll get all the info you need in the first couple of minutes ) Although infestation has been minor these last couple years, they can get so bad that you need to wash your car when you get home from even a short trip. During the season, we keep a bucket of water in the garage and as soon as we get home, we brush them away. They are known to ruin your car's finish. We also have giant grasshoppers that are impervious to chemicals. They are hungry buggers (note the pun LOL) and destroy anything they infest. However, they sure are beautiful. I do believe the insects are winning. |
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Post by Lillias on Oct 30, 2021 13:02:48 GMT
Oh Janice after looking at your Love Bugs and Giant Grasshoppers I've got the heebeejeebies...I hope none of them come here...lol
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Post by cats4jan on Oct 30, 2021 14:04:06 GMT
Lillias - for some reason, I love to look at those grasshoppers. They are slow walkers and don't hop around much. I'm not brave enough to pick one up, though. We don't see a lot of them, but there was a plant with about 6 of them on it and they took some pretty giant bites out of the leaves. I guess the landscapers did something to get rid of them, I could not find them after that. Every once in a while one walks by. Of course, I never have my camera when that happens because they live by the community pool.
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Post by hmca on Oct 30, 2021 14:59:26 GMT
It seems the stink bugs that I have seen around here are grey.....I need to look more closely the next time I see one. But I haven't witnessed the invasion noted above.....thankfully.
Sent the grasshopper video to my grandkids, Janice.
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Post by pontiac1940 on Oct 30, 2021 16:15:54 GMT
Brown Marmorated Stink Bug Despite it being a bad pest, it sure is pretty. |
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Post by BuckSkin on Oct 30, 2021 16:25:39 GMT
Ever since I can ever remember, we have had a big, completely green, species of stinkbug; never an invasion of them, just an occasional sighting; they must not be very prolific as, year by year, without me really thinking about it, their numbers have dwindled to the point that I may see one a week in summer.
Now that I think about it, I have not seen a green one since these brown ones have taken over.
Several years ago, our region got plagued with another oriental import, the Japanese Beetle; those things would start in on a crop and not quit until there was nothing left but stalks.
The powers that be, in all their vast wisdom, developed and turned loose on the public, a Lady Bug-looking bug that is supposed to be a natural enemy of the Japanese Beetle and will supposedly eat their larva before they can hatch (or whatever larva do).
Ever since, these Lady Bug-looking outfits have absolutely taken over by the millions.
They can squish down and squeeze through screens and cracks and crevices, and nothing will keep them out of a house.
When disturbed, they let out a stink that is worse than the stink bug's; and, wherever they crawl around, they leave a filthy trail that is hard to wash away.
The Japanese Beetles were not near the problem that these "natural enemies" have turned out to be.
We are going to have to wise up and stop all this environmentally friendly politically correct organic nonsense and bring back DDT and Lead Arsenic and all that good stuff that would actually kill bugs; as, the way we are going, we are losing the war fast.
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Post by BuckSkin on Feb 14, 2022 4:45:05 GMT
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Post by whippet on Feb 14, 2022 16:00:05 GMT
Brown Marmorated Stink Bug Despite it being a bad pest, it sure is pretty. It certainly is. Just make sure they stay your side of the pond, folks. |
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