Stink Bugs in Your House? How and why they are there, what they are doing, and what you can do. 

the thing that bothers me more then their funk is that they sound like tiny helicopters when they fly... a couple days ago i was almost asleep and one of those stink bugs flew right by my ear and i screamed bloody murder geez😬

I was yawning one time and a stink bug flew into my mouth with such speed that it basically exploded in my mouth. My entire skull stunk for 2 hours.

One thing you forgot to mention is that stink bugs, when flying around, can land on certain people and cause a sever E.B.E. This happened to me. Lucky for me I was in the bathroom on the "Throne" at the time one landed on my back. E.B.E. stands for Emergency Bowel Evacuation. Scared the crap right out of me.

Hats off to you for making a stink bug video of almost 14 minutes incredibly interesting. You sir, are a natural story teller. Thanks for the info and entertainment 😀

As a Pest Management specialist I will agree that exclusion is the first and best option. Also if you notice stink bugs gathering on the outside or on the inside of your house in specific areas wash those effected areas with warm water and dish soap. Stink bugs deposit pheromones that attract other stink bugs. By washing the areas you see them at it will neutralize any deposited pheromones. Pesticides are also not really necessary. a mixture of warm water and dish soap will kill them by blocking their spiracles, little holes in their exoskeleton that they breath through and it will suffocate them.

When I catch stink bugs I usually flush them down the toilet. Edit: Never thought I'd watch a 13 min video about stink bugs and actually enjoy it. Cheers!!

I'm in Idaho and have about an acre of land for my Farmers market. I used to grow all types of vegetables. One type was squash which is very easy to grow. But I had tomatoes, broccoli, radishes, lettuce, corn, and just about anything you could ever buy in your local produce department. Stink bugs killed my business in part. Way back when they started when people were unaware of this issue one year I saw the bug on my squash. I happen to be growing summer squash, zucchini in particular that year. It wasn't just one they were eating the entire squash. I examined the plants leaves and on the back side there were millions of eggs. I went to the next zucchini plant same thing same thing on another my whole crop is destroyed. Okay so I dug those plants up and burned them guess what? The next crop over which were tomato plants started showing signs of stink bugs and their eggs on the back side of the leaves. It pretty much put me out of business for a couple of years selling my vegetables is how I survive here. I made it though I had to stop the crop for a couple of years and move it to a different location on my property. I think I would like to express mostly that zucchini plants will attract these bugs if they're flying over your area.

Great informative video. Thank you so much. I used to be a pest control tech. I mainly treated for termites, ants, roaches and mice. I never treated a property for stinkbugs. My home has been invaded with the little buggers for the past several years. I wasn't sure how to combat them. Thanks to your video, I have a battle plan.

The grandkids get excited about seeing one inside. We named it Gerald. We don't harm Gerald. Every time we see a new one, we just say " look Gerald is back" and we pretend it's the same one. The kids are just fascinated by their pet, Gerald who returns to visit every winter.

You are wonderful. I saw one of these on my ceiling and freaked out. I never kill anything either. I trapped it in a cup with a top and let it go outside. I am now deep cleaning my room and freaking out at the same time. Now that I know they don't bite or lay eggs I am better. Keep up the good work.

We have been finding stink bugs in our house for the last 3-mths, mostly around sunlit windows. The largest find was in my home office, I removed a framed picture only to find approx 20 stink bugs on the wall behind the frame. After looking behind each frame in the office, we ended up with approx 30-40 of those little buggers. They were each easy to remove by knocking them into a cup of water. I found your video and watched it from beginning to end. I have to admit, I did not let them go back outside........they are now deceased.

I have a kitchen window spider. She’s living on stick bugs atm. FTR, I love my kitchen window spider. She’s welcome to stay & eat the stink bugs.

Idk why this video came up in my feed, but we’ve been having these bugs in our house for the first time this winter. This was very informative, and well presented.

From my three year old: "Well we really have cracks so stink bugs come inside." We appreciate the video! The little one watched it and enjoyed it thoroughly as it's part of our homes reality at this point!

I was born in 1947 and grew up in Harlan Kentucky (the mountains of Southeast Kentucky). I remember as a pre-schooler being careful not to step on the Stink Bugs on the church steps. We also had lots of Kudzu which I understand was from Japan.

We had a horrible problem with the bugs. We ended up using a large shop vac with water that we added dish soap. Vacuumed them out of the wood,the cracks, cracks around windows,etc. worked great.

This is my first video of yours that I’ve watched. I love how you really dive into what you are focusing on and help explain as much as you can where anyone can understand. You keep your audience engaged. I would have loved to have you as a teacher in high school or a professor in college.

We get a lot of them in Wisconsin. I have found spraying window screens periodically with isopropyl alcohol discourages them from coming in that way. Also, spraying alcohol on them kills them. If you see them crawling up wall, drapes, window, etc. and you have an empty plastic bottle, you can slide it up behind them causing them to fall in, and then cap the bottle. They don't seem to be able to grip on to things very well and easily fall.

Thanks for the information. We have them in our house and they ARE an annoyance. I'm not a bug person and this house seems to attract all different kinds from the stink bugs to wasps to large brown crickets to really creepy looking centipedes! It's as if they know I am afraid of bugs!

I love bugs, but not in the house. ❤️ Thank you for the Stink bug information, it's so helpful since I'm seeing them around the inside of my home now that it's so cold outside. Like you, I don't like to kill bugs. Spiders 🕷 are transferred lovingly out doors at my house. I know I'm weird!🤗

I'm a total geek scientist (PhD type) who has played with things like this since I was a kid. I'm now 69 years old and find the stink bugs in my house to be cool and entertaining. If they are too high on the wall or in the ceiling, I just let them be. If they are reachable, I gently scoop them up with my fingers and take them outside. FYI, they have never "released their bad odor" with me. I also treat spiders in a gentle manner, placing them outside, although I handle them using a cup or glass (in case they bite and are venomous). We share our world with many living things. Such a cool place this is!

Lived in a cabin-house on a farm for a few years, these things were prolific. I kept boric acid in my shop-vac, that took care of most bugs, arachnids, and so forth.

I just moved here to Alabama this past year, and those little critters are everywhere. I don't recall having a problem in FL. Thank you for the information. Everything you described they do, they have done, especially the dive bombing at night when I get on my phone. Glad I found your channel.

I truly enjoyed the excellent information about stink bugs that you presented in this video! I am now 77 years young and I can certainly remember being bothered with stink bugs! Every summer when blackberry picking on our farm in E. KY, they could be found! We enjoyed blackberry picking in a large field that was full of blackberry bushes. Once, as a small child, I was picking blackberries with my Mother and I was thirsty, so I ate a large juicy berry, then another, and another...until I swallowed something that I should not have! Definitely a stink bug and I had an upset stomach quickly. It was late in the afternoon when this happened, so I soon got bathed and went to bed...with a tummy ache! About the time that my family got to sleep, my stomach was churning! Not long after that, it seemed that everything inside me came up! About the time my mother got me and my bed cleaned up, it happened again! I threw up three times! The next day my dear mother did laundry half a day because she had to bleach sheets to remove purple stains! Many, many years have passed and last summer a stink bug appeared at my front door!

Greetings from stinkbug Ground Zero! I haven't seen the stink bugs in my house for the past few years. I asked my friend Jane, who lives in New Tripoli, what was going on with them. And she said, "The birds are eating them; they have developed a taste for spicy food. I used to get dive-bombed every spring. They would congregate on the ceiling as they were waking up. And then before I knew they were there, they would they would divebomb me directly in the center of my hairline. I suspect there's a pheromone there that was attracting them. I don't know whether they thought of me as a rival or a potential mate. Either way it didn't work out.

Thank you for this video! These stink bugs are a plague upon my house and they're driving us crazy.

Thank you for this topic. We do have stink bugs in our home. They seem to be attracted to light, as many bugs are, so we use a Victor flea trap, or other flea trap. This not only works for fleas, but also for other insects. Stink bugs, spiders, fleas, ticks, gnats, flies and other crawlies. I don't like to kill anything either. But if they do millions of dollars in damage . . .

Great video, we have these dang bugs in our house. They seem to come into our attic, then recessed lighting, and bathroom exhaust fans. I bought new lighting that doesn't allow them to come into the light housing, I put screens on the exhaust covers, and I sealed all our windows. I also caulked the outer windows as well. This video is excellent because I'll make the "water/light" traps in the attic to attract and kill these pests! Oh, I also weatherized/sealed our attic ladder entrance too, that was HUGE!!!! Thank you so much for all the great info in the video!!!

I had them invade my home so researched them a couple of years ago. This video was suggested by RU-vid. I said I won't learn anything new but I'll watch it anyway. However, I learned alot from it and the comments. Your personality is enjoyable as well. Thanks. 😊

Thanks Frank for the informative video. I live 75-100 miles from Allentown and was surprised that Allentown was where they were first observed. I live in the heart of Pennsylvania apple growers! I know many apple growers and they definitely are a problem for them. I live surrounded by woods and as you mentioned September/October they increase in numbers looking for warmth. They can squeeze through small gaps and crevices. I recently noticed 2-3 a day in the house and this was abnormal for December. Finally discovered they were coming through my chimney/wood stove. I haven’t burned my wood stove for several years. When I opened it there was probably a thousand or more dead one inside. I hadn’t had this problem in past years but this year they definitely found a way in. To all views Franks advice to seal off any way on entry. Thanks again Frank, I’m a new subscriber

Just saw one in my house yesterday! Thanks for sharing such interesting information about them as well as gentle approaches to removing/excluding them. They are pretty cute, and I'm sure they have their use. Don't like to squish em. Perfect channel for me...subscribed!

My family and I live in Illinois- Chicago area. We first started seeing stink bugs several years ago. We didn't used to, and we wondered why they started appearing all of a sudden. Interesting to learn from your video how they only came to the U.S. in the mid-90s. Probably took a few years to get from the east coast to the midwest; makes sense! They fly into the lamps and make an annoying sound; they leave spots and stains, as you said. Our house is adjacent to a large nature preserve, so we get a lot of "nature" at our house. But when the nature comes inside and makes a pest of itself, that's not so pleasant. We just may try that water-dish method; we hate having 'em around. Thank you for making this informative video!

I grew up with these things. And I can remember my great grandmother showing them to me and telling me what they were. She was born in Louisiana in 1880. Sooo they've been here a lot longer than what you said. I grew up in Texas.

While I was immensely creeped out by this, I kept watching for the helpful information. Thank you. Now, I know the proper identity of this thing to report it to my pest control.

I was born in west Texas in 1951 and remember being told the "bug" I saw regularly was a "Stink-bug". It was identical to the Brown Mormorated. So, to my way of thinking, this critter came to the U.S. long before the 1990s and I further suspect it is indigenous.

One drunken evening, I watched a stink bug circle around the top of my desk lamp shade for almost an hour. Just walking and walking and walking endlessly. They are rediculous

Thank you for making this! I recently found one in the middle of my wall and scared the heck out of me then found one between my window curtains and smashed it bc it scared me w it’s noise! But now I know what to do bc the complex manager had no idea what I was talking about! And everyone kept saying it was a roach🤦🏻‍♀️ I appreciate you making this!

I like the stink bug trap. I need to make one. Last night I found one on me and it stunk up my hands since I was trying to take it outside. The smell is weird and hard to get out of your skin. Its smells like a lemon to me. They are really bad this year. I have rarely seen one until this year and now I see them a lot

I might have misunderstood you. You mentioned something about the stink bug not being in the US until 1996. Both my husband and I remember stink bugs being around when we were kids back in the 70’s, we have a stink bug problem, we moved to the country 5 years ago, we’ve had mice and now stink bugs. Thank for the help! Leslye

Thank you so much for posting this video. You did a great job of teaching us about stink bugs. Also, you provided us with good information on how to get rid of them without breaking the bank. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.

I get them in my apartment sometimes. I call them "Mr. Stinky," lol. I always just grab the little fellow and throw him back outside. He goes flying off, happy as can be, and sometimes sounding like an airplane, lol.

Good to know, I have thousands of those bugs in the garden decimating my tomatoes and nashis, so now I can try to ger rid of them the natural way. =) Didn't know that soapy water works.. Gonna try it immediately. Thanks for sharing.

I don't go out of my way to kill bugs. However, I converted a small shed into an office where I work all day. I get as many as 10-20 stink bugs on a bad day. I was releasing them outside, but I wasn't sure if they were just coming back in again. So, now I take them outside and kill them to be sure. I don't feel so bad now that I know they're an invasive species (I believe mine are the brown marmorated ones). Very informative video. Now I know why they like to sit on my plant but I never see chewed leaves.

I looked right past the stink bug. I was looking at the beautiful design of your home and the view is Amazing.❤️🙌🏼🙏🏽

I'm in SW Indiana and built a new home in the woods in 2010. Stink bugs have always been around here, I learned what they were called as a child (I'm 61). This year though I've found a few in my home which seemed strange and is why your video title caught my eye. This is the first year I recall them getting inside. My home is brick and sealed pretty tight. Now I know what to look for to tell if my bugs are this invasive species. Very informative and well presented information. Glad to know they aren't going to do any serious damage. Thank you.

I remember in 2011 the place where I was living at the time was massively invaded by stink bugs. Not the one or two, like you showed, but atleast a hundred! And that was on one window alone. The other window only had about a score. Both west and southwest facing windows. Naturally, I get called upon to take care of the problem and my solution was a leaf blower. Opened up the windows and air blasted those buggers outdoors. Like you, I don't believe in killing needlessly ( unless it's ticks or skeeters ) Side note: I did notice an increase in bird activity around that corner of the house, and a few wolf spider funnels had signs of gourmet eating.

Cut the top of a water bottle (before the diameter reduces to the mouth) invert it inwards, fill with a couple inches of soapy water for good scoop-able trap. Filling a squirt bottle with warm soapy water and flushing the cracks and crevices of windows and doors in the fall helped a bit. The tray of soapy water under a concentration of light sounds promising! Thanks for sharing! These little guys get themselves into all kinds of mischief, and there are legions of them.

I have these guys all over the place, every time I open my back door like five of them fly in. I never worry about them, they just climb on the curtains and lampshades and if it's warm I put them back outside. If it's cold and they are in the way I pick them up and move them to my plants, then put them outside once it's warmer. I've never had one release that stuff that I know of, never smelled any kind of scent from them. I also haven't seen any kind of those droppings - and everything in my living room is white - white curtains, white lampshades, white windowsills, white carpets. I like them! They are a cute reminder that nature still exists when it's freezing outside.

We bought a camper over a year ago that had been stored in a barn in KY. When we got it home we found what seemed like 1,000 of them in the camper. The guy had put Irish Spring soap all in the camper to deter mice so we didn’t smell them at first. Now, a year later, I still find one every now and then. I will try the dish soap trick.

Really learned something new. This is because the stinkbug I've been familiar with is black and shiny. When disturbed, it sticks it's rear up and emits a bad smell as a defense.

Greetings from Buffalo, NY! I live in the southern tier, rural area of New York and have an abundance of stink bugs in the Spring and Fall, now I know why! I call them Dopey Bugs because they seem slow and harmless. I've never smelled a stink bug because I won't kill them. I scoop them up and put them in the garage to get them out of the house or away from my cats. My husband thinks I'm crazy since the same ones are probably coming back into our house! Thank you for sharing this information, very informative! Debbie

I’m in Oregon, I find them in my attic. I run a 325 loader at work. Every year in the fall. I get hundreds of them crawling all over it. It only lasts like a week or so. Nice video, I love your up beat personality. You remind me of Steve Irwin 👍🏻 Just subscribed 🇺🇸

Great tip Frank! Thank you. I read that Spearamint oil and water can be sprayed around the house to hopefully prevent them from feeling comfortable enough to take habitat in your house for the winter.

We never had those in our area until about five years ago. I'd never heard of them before. Upstate New York here. I was told they smell, but I have no problems in picking them up and setting them out the window or door.

I keep a jar of dish soap water. When I see a stink bug, I put the jar under the bug and use a pen or ruler to tap them into it. Stink bugs fall they don’t fly up. They don’t fly “away”, that falling motion is something I count on to know where to position the jar.

Seen more in Southern Indiana this year than any other time that I can remember

I noticed these here in IL about 2 years ago. The biggest nuisance I have with them is they startle me with the low loud sound of their wings into thinking I have a hornet buzzing me. And I don't need them in the garage when I'm painting something important. Otherwise they are a benign pest like the invasive Asian lady beetles we have here, except the latter is prolific by the shovelful when they seek shelter in my sheds. I have an attached garage so there's no stopping a few stinkbugs wandering in. A few appear in the house over the winter and I clobber them with a flyswatter. So far I haven't noticed any odor. These things are also not as prolific as box alder bugs we have here, which I have hundreds on my south wall. Due to their size I hope they don't get that numerous. It's good to know they are pretty much harmless. I have farmers with corn and soy crops around me here, I don't know if they are any real threat to those farmers. It's the farmers that brought the Asian ladybird beetles here in the 1970s to control aphids, and they over proliferated due to lack of predators.

We live in a log house in the inland northwest, and we have those in here all of the time. They're a real nuisance. We've caulked as much as we can, but with logs, there are places you just can't caulk, especially since settling will cause cracks to open up in the logs. Not only do we have this shield shaped stinkbug, we also have another species which is brown, about an inch long and slim. I thought for awhile that this species gorges itself and becomes the fat, shield shaped bug after it has filled up on whatever it was eating. But it seems this is an entirely different bug. Our real problem is wasps and hornets that enter our home in the Spring and Summer. They build their nests under our eaves and in the crevices of our rock and mortar walls along our carport. We have to very careful where we walk and place our hands, as these stingers have even surprised us in our bed! I'm not so concerned about the stinkbugs -- I just wish we could discourage the wasps and hornets from coming in. We've learned to be watchful, especially when we sit on our furniture. Both hubby and I have been stung, and, fortunately, neither of us is allergic. But it's still very painful. This was a nice, educational program. Thanks for uploading this video.

Thank you for that video! I have these bugs in my house every year and didn't know why or what they were. Now I know! Very helpful.

I'm 63 years old and live in eastern NC and we've had stink bugs since I was a small child.

I was surprised to hear you say these were first recorded here in 1996. I was born in 1974 and here in Columbus, Georgia we have had stink bugs all my life. Certainly all through the 80s. They are identical to what you were showing except ours might be a bit more grey in color. We've always called them stink bugs too. I recently had a number of them show up from boxes that were in my mom's garage which is why I watched the suggested video. I am now very curious as to this timeline discrepancy.

Oh my gosh, this is just what I’m dealing with, for the first time ever. Thank you for this.

Stink bugs will die quickly in below freezing temperatures and are drawn to lights that produce warmth. Additionally, they do have a natural predator, which is the jumping/wolf spider, that tracks them in crevices and treats them like they treat peaches.

I just stumbled on this video and I’m so excited to watch more!

Absolutely enlightening. Just recently found the Stink Bug in my home in Maine this winter. Thank you for the insight.

This was very informative. Thank you for making this. I always wondered what these guys ate, I never catch them in the act. I have tons of house plants and a small veggie/fruit garden in the summer (zone 5B) so they spend a long time hanging out in the warm house with us. We don't bother them much though and they in turn keep their "stink" to themselves :)

I have one Stink Bug and three Ladybugs in my apartment this winter. They are usually in the corner of my bedroom window. I put a small ramekin of water out for them and leave lettuce and other fruit out for them. Not sure if the eat it, but they have been here all winter.

Thank you SO much for this info! I live on a farm and lately even on the inside enclosed porch I've had a VERY hard time just relaxing due to a bombardment of these horrible creatures!!!

I have had quite a few of these in my house, but I have handled them gently with no problems. I have never smelled the "stink".

We've found that a small bottle works just fine because when they start to fly, they drop down just a little, and that let's them fall into the bottle and die? You put the neck of the bottle over them, and they drop right into the bottle.

Very awesome video. I think most of the stink bugs come from our firewood. I live on a wooded lot, so we get free firewood. When I bring the wood inside, I keep it in plastic storage buckets. Most bugs die and fall to the bottom of the bucket, but occasionally one escapes.

I'll never forget when I was little, I saw a green dot moving on the white curtains in the living room. The whole family was there and my father decided to check it out. He exclaimed it was a stinkbug. We all left the room as though nuclear war was about to break out. That is to say with the exception of my father who decided to take care of it with his shirt and take it outside. He was the true hero that day 🤣

I just found a stink bug walking up my headphone cord last night. Scared me at first. Then I realized what it was and grabbed it with a tissue and flushed him down the toilet. I think I saw him wave at me as he rode the swirling death trap to hell. They spray-washed my outside windows earlier in the day. I guess he got washed out of his cubby hole and was in search of a warm spot in my computer. OH, HECK NO! Thanks for this video, it was very informative. Yeah, if it isn't supposed to be in my house and doesn't pay rent, it gets evicted or worse. ; D

Thank you for making this video about this new Univited pest from China. I can't recall exactly when, but I do remember watching an early season NY Giants Football game on TV and suddenly (it was pretty warm that day), there was an Invasion of Hundreds of Stink Bugs all over my skylights , Roof, and in the house. At the time, we were able to identify them as Stink Bugs on the Web. I used Hornet Spray from the deck, spraying it at them on the Skylight and roof, it did not Kill Them. Then I used rubbing alcohol in a spray bottle attached to my hose, and that semed to curtail them. The Info I found was that They Invade like that in the Fall and goto the South West corner of your Home. That is exactly where I saw them. There are UT videos of people Vacuuming up Stink Bugs by the Bagful up in their attics !! Since that Invasion, I have had some bugs but never like that. My Exterminator sprays a few times a year in the yard. I should say, I have No Fruit Trees in the yard, but do have some Veggies. Like The Spider Crickets before them - which also persist - Thank You China !

Here in New York, I’ve only seen stink bugs occasionally, and it’s usually only one, not a bunch. But like with all insects and bugs that I try to remove from my living area, I usually take two solo-type cups, and try to trap them in between the two cups. And I walk them outside a distance from the house and deposit them in a wooded area. I don’t believe in killing living things either, if they’re not a direct threat to me and my family. The only exception would be flying stinging things, that need to be swatted. But that’s a rarity. Thank you for the information.

I’m in Georgia & I see them on my windshield every now & then, they like to hitchhike lol I always wondered what type of bug it was

A few years ago I had them swarm the back of my house. I filled spray bottles with dawn dish soap and water and sprayed them consistently for a couple months. No poison and every time it rained it rinsed off easily. You will know their around indoors when plants have shriveled areas

I've had about 10 since we moved into the new place. We've actually gotten pretty tight. I've never seen them excrete anything and they don't smell at all. I have seen them go after the residue from my cocoa mix. They really like that. But they just seem really nice and harmless, so I don't mind them. I daresay I've developed feelings for them. I just watered one and aimed it out the window into the spring air and it took flight as tears took to my eyes. Godspeed, stinky bug. I'll never forget the time we shared.

Great. Thanks. I had a 3 story house in Philadelphia, (2003) that was quite overrun by stink bugs. To tall to maintain and calk. Then I moved to central PA in 2011,(i a little hut style home) many many on side of house in fall. What I do...get strong house, (high water pressure helps, but not a machine, just strong flow from hose) attach a soap dispenser on house with a little Dove soap or mild dishwashing detergent. Spray the whole side of house, (Western side) and watch em drop. They still get in. My 3 story house was too tall for me to get on a ladder and calk every nook and cranny, but my smaller hut is easier. In the spring there are still many trying to get out, but the soapy water and hose seems to limit the amount I have in spring on the warmer days.

My old house was like 100 Years old so there was cracks everywhere they could get In plus my house was surrounded with trees. This was 2012. I had to have seen at least 10,000 of them that Year. I was was killing them 10 at a time multiple times a day. My window seals had just piles of them dead. When I moved I moved to apartments and there was a big tree outside and they were coming Into my apartment but not as bad. I was seeing like 10 a day. They cut the tree down about five years ago and I probably have seen about 10 total since then. I used to see lots of them In our hall ways but don't see them there anymore. But I do have lady bugs everywhere but that's a fair trade. Good Video.

In your video, you said they started being noticed in 1996. I'm 68 years old, and I've seen stink bugs all my life here in TN. But, they were always a green color. The grey ones, I've noticed over the past couple years.

👋🏾 Frank, new Sub 🙂 Been seeing these bugs in My home & wondered why they are here & I'm like what am I doing for them to be inside like that, now I know, thanks for the fyi on them & the other bugs 🙂

I left a wet beach towel on my balcony once. I decided to pick it up after a few weeks. There were hundreds and hundreds of stink bugs under that towel. I was shocked.

I have vacuumed a few up into my vacuum and it's like they explode when I do that. The smell gets everywhere! Loved this video. Thank you for doing this your passion for this makes me want to learn more!

I loved this video. It's interesting when they came to the US, because I don't remember them as a child. I sent the video to my friend who is in a garden club that teaches children at a pre-school. they have named the group "Little Sprouts."

I grew up in North east Georgia in the late 50s My grandmother called them wash bugs I found out why when I picked one up as a kid you mess with them and you will wash hands or any other part with lye soap for a while, they have been here since the late 1950s by my assocation.

Awwww so sorry for your loss, take all the time to grieve.

Very interesting but I have such a fear reaction to nearly every insect . I get chills knowing even more about them. I have had stink bugs stay in the house. Spiders are very frightening.

Thanks for the video! My wife and I just bought a house. We have quite the lady bug population and now just recently seeing some stink bugs. This helps a lot thank you. I see the thumbnail for your ladybug video which I will be watching next!

I put a few drops of peppermint oil along the window tracks. It keeps them away for about 2 weeks before I need to reapply. Works like a charm.

We have been a haven apparently for these buggers! Thanks for the great plan to round them up

Thanks for the info. I find these bugs from time to time. I was afraid they'd do damage to my belongings, but now I'm not so worried.

I saw a stink bug in my home for the first time 3 years ago. I live in Connecticut. I catch them and put them outside to live another day. I have heard they have a terrible odour, although I have never encountered it. I had thought they were insects who migrated from the south. I think they are interesting, although they are aliens from Asia. They enjoy my orchids and house plants which is understandable. The proboscis is very impressive. Nice learning experience.

Because they like light, I've heard that if you add a cheap electric candle light to a two liter bottle (cut a silt and seal with tape) and set outdoor near the front door you will catch hundreds. Cap off the bottle and discard.

You can also put very fine screen cover over the top of your chimney (assuming you don’t use your fireplace). That helps big time, as they like to come in through the chimney when you use your central heat.

Your video was soooo informative. Thank you! Throwing out sometimes 2 stinkbugs per day. They are driving me crazy. So good to know they are just looking for heated environment and are not reproducing. I freaked out and spilled my drink the other day because I found one on my arm! Needless to say my ottoman now has a wine stain!

This is what I use to control stink bugs...A small spray bottle, put about 2 tablespoons of cheap dish soap in the bottle and then fill with water and stir it well. Adjust nozzle to stream. Shoot the bugs until well wetted. As the solution dries it seals their breathing pores and they die. Biodegradeable and non toxic to the environment. I also use this solution for ants, wasps, earwhigs and other nuisance bugs.

Your video is a treasure chest of information that I was looking for. Thanks for sharing your knowledge and helping people like me with this problem.

Thanks... just bought a log house outside of Tokyo in the mountains and there are tons of stinkbuds in that area. We'll mainly be using it on the weekends so while we're not there I think I'll try the soapwater and lite idea.

We had a room at the end of our house that was really infected with stink bugs. We physically removed them, covering the nozzle of the vacuum cleaner so they couldn't get out between uses. (With masking tape!) Next year I put a couple of sonic plug-ins in that room, and we have barely any since. Hope this helps some folks! We rent an old house, and that's an easy fix!