We get them also. I hate those darn things. Last year, I took a picture off the wall, and there were at least 30 on the back of the picture. They get into anything. I wish they would find something to get rid of them.

Yes we have them! I hate them!! Last year was the worst. I found a concoction online that was supposed to kill them and repel them. Didn't work so well. One good thing about winter is there aren't as many of them and they're more slow moving. But once it warms up again, ugh.

MamaP, I had one on one of my pots on the stove once too! Freaked me out! Fortunately it was still on the outside of it and didn't make it into the food. I'd have to throw that out as well.

I'd be worried about how and where they are gaining access to the inside! Maybe windows and door frames need to be recaulked or weather stripping replaced.

Actually it was a beautiful day yesterday & I had my windows & doors open so he crept in.

Yes, I've learned not to vacuum the up because the smell gets in the vacuum filter & good luck getting that smell out.

I've never had one in my food. OMG. I'll have to watch for that.

None in this county yet that I've heard of (brown marmorated), but they have been found just 60 miles SW of us. I suppose with the way they are expanding their range, it won't be long now ;0(

We do not have them...too far north. We also do not have fleas. Plenty of ticks to worry about on the dogs and people though.

GOSH, I am so glad we don't have them like that here in So. Oregon. We grow Raspberries along the fence, in that 5' space between house & fence, and towards fall I usually find one or a few....one at time. When they crawl on the berries, it gives them a nasty taste, so I kinda "know" and search to catch and kill the wee beasties.Nasty, nasty. Counting my blessings and hope they stay away.

I get them in the atrium and have to be very careful not to let one sneak into the house. What I do have often is the rolly polly bugs or pill bugs some people call them. Luckily I don't get the stink bugs inside. Definitely don't want to squash one of those. Mia tried to eat one in the atrium once and started foaming at the mouth, thank goodness I saw what happened but I did call the vet just to make sure that it wasn't dangerous. She said o it might make her throw up but it's not deadly. I said Omg I would be throwing up too!

We have a few each year--not as bad as the Asian lady bugs yet, but my aunt, who lived only a few miles away, had a terrible stink bug invasion. I try to avoid vacuuming them also, although the smell lasts only until I empty the water in my Rainbow vac. I carefully pick them up by one antenna and evict them to the outside. If I'm very careful, they do not emit the awful odor.

The lady bugs have been so bad at times that I started vacuuming them--it was them or me!

I have them here.

How wonderful to live somewhere that you don't get fleas. I have to fight fleas on my cats and dogs but not ticks. We have an invasion of lady bugs right now. I don't know how they got in the house, but they were all over the windows in the dining room yesterday. The stink bugs I am most familiar with are green and sort of shield shaped.

I've seen a few around my house, never smelled one though. Seems like I remember someone spraying the outside of their house with Pine-Sol to discourage them.

To those of you who don't have them. Send me your address & I'd be happy to mail you a stink bug family for your enjoyment!!

Of course I jest. They wouldn't annoy me so much if they didn't smell so darn bad. When they get scared or squished they emit a terrible smell.

But they are harmless.

Scott, if by "harmless" you mean that they don't bite or sting, I agree with you. The sharp stab that they can inflict is not poisonous but worrisome for children or pets. The brown marmorated stink bug is considered a major pest of fruit, vegetable, and field crops. As a household pest, it can be a terrible nuisance.

True.

I nearly laughed myself into convulsions once after watching a cat playing with one, then gag, but it kept going back LOL! I finally put it outside (the bug, not the cat).

We get box elder bugs at work. Again, harmless, but they get EVERYWHERE and they stink too when you kill them. Like propane, if you ask me. We walk around thinking there is a some sort of exhaust or gas leak, and realize somebody has squished some.

We are starting to see stink bugs here in the city, although thankfully one at a time. A couple of years ago a lot of garden produce in the county was ruined because their bites make things like tomatoes go bad. Stink bugs, squash bugs, Colorado potato beetles, and now Japanese beetles on my grapes...grrr. Oh, and pepper flies that ruined a lot of peppers this year.

Dances.

I squish stink bugs and box elder bugs regularly at my house and haven't noticed an odor.

Ive noticed if it put them outside, i have a few more the next day. I've been flushing them. I dont want them calling their relatives and using my house as their landing spot. Once you get "infested" its difficult to get rid of them.

I've found that if one is crawling on a wall, you can tap a plastic bottle on the wall beneath the bug. It will jump off the wall and start trying to fly, but before it is going fast enough to lift itself, it will already be in the bottle, and be unable to escape. You can then put the lid on and set the bottle outside.

During a period of bad infestation a couple of years ago, I kept reusing the same half gallon bottle for a couple of weeks, and the dead and dying bugs were about 3" deep in the bottom of the bottle.

Ugh stink bugs! And those d@mn Asian beetles. We live out of town, with a whole ridge of woods behind our house. We are infested with them every summer. Then they seem to go away during the hot months. Then back out in the fall til the weather turns cold.

They reek! Both of them. And they sting/bite. We have a dedicated dust buster that is only used for these bugs because the smell will ruin your sweeper.

Stink bugs have to be my biggest "complaint"...Hate, hate, hate them....Last summer wasn't too bad but the year before was terrible...I noticed, if you have house plants out in the summer and then bring them in, these little buggers will burrow down into the soil and make themselves quite at home, then come out when the house gets warm.....This winter, I've had a couple ever day, usually around the windows or on a ceiling in the warmest room...I put dish soap and water in a plastic bottle and keep it handy...When you see 1, put it up close to the bug and it does seem to jump in...Easy for nabbing them on the ceiling...Get a few in the bottle and flush them........gives me shivers just thinking about them............

We have problems with fleas, mosquitos and roaches where I live. Don't really notice stink bugs. Not to say there aren't any. I just haven't seen them. I can't believe that our winter has been so warm that fleas have been a problem :/