I saw very few last year and none so far this year in SoMd.

I once in awhile find a dead one in the house during Winter.

The kittens were in the loft and found two stink bugs! And then a lady bug! This happens every year around here....Colorado.

We had a huge number of them show up in the house a couple of years ago, but since Covid only a few here and there. They're harmless, and easy to pick up and flush.

I had one in my bedroom late last Fall.

One in the guest room a couple of weeks ago. We're just outside Philly. 5 years ago, a year after we had moved in, we had a friend form CA visit. I was appalled that the guest room had dozens of stink bugs on her first night. I swear they had not been there the evening before when I was getting the room ready for company. Since then, it's only been a random bug or two every year. And always in that room.

Not this year but in years past we've had SBs in the house too. In the fall they tend to slip into tiny openings in the house siding and from there they'll migrate through the wall layers moving inside where they feel warmer temps. This year it's lady bugs for us.

I do recall those past reports of heavy infestations in some areas. Wasn't it a non-native variety?

Interesting. I hope mine was a singleton. When I first felt it, I assumed it was a ladybug as we always have some of those this time of year. But I quickly realized it was much bigger.

I keep a capture cup in every room of this old house because unless we're talking about ticks or mosquitos I like to put little intruders outside. But in my eagerness to grab the stink bug with a tissue I accidentally removed two of its legs. So it was euthanasia after all.

This year it's lady bugs for us.

Ladybugs, or the more orange Asian lady beetles, which are invasive? https://www.bhg.com/gardening/pests/animal/ladybug-asian-beetle-difference/

One stink bug for me in my sunroom. I just let him go. I don't kill creatures unless they're poisonous.

I will kill stinkbugs, because the ones I've been seeing (brown marmorated) are a non-native, invasive species, and they do a lot of damage to crops.

I've been finding one occasionally, always upstairs, and always hiding in places like under a towel in the linen closet, or in a pile of folded clothes waiting to be put away.

They can damage garden produce like beans, peppers and tomatoes if the population grows large. So they are not harmless! And, they are not called stink bugs for nothing!

Yes - harbor no qualms about killing a stinkbug. They're destructive garden pests.

I believe there's a predatory stinkbug variety that kills other pests, but I've never seen one around here - just the ones that ruin my tomatoes and other fruits.

I've had the odd stink bug get down in the basement but I've never seen one on the main floor. I think they hitch a ride on the garden produce. Some years we do get lots of Asian beetles that manage to get inside and hibernate over the winter. In the spring they wake up and start crawling around on the walls and ceilings. We have to vacuum them up a few times to get rid of them all.

It's an unusual week that I don't find one of these bugs in our house. They're incredibly stupid, 'hiding' in plain sight, dark grey against pale walls or woodwork. I call them 'slow bugs' since they barely try to avoid capture...then a free cruise down the toilet.

Once in a while they crawl out of their hidding spot. I open the window for them. It is totally unerving when you feel one crawling under your clothing. Smelly things.

Hi Bookwoman, after examining one of our LBs with a magnifying glass it appears to be the Asian type. It's color is more red than orange but the spots and head area is right for Asian :-(

Yes, they're difficult to tell apart. I got curious because I found some inside a couple of months ago and had never seen a (good) ladybug indoors. Mine were definitely orange, so I googled....

For some reason one usually shows up at night and dive bombs me when I'm in the family room. The asian beetles-- look like lady bugs but aren't -- will invade too, some years worse than others.

Thanks for the Lady Bug/Asian Lady Beetle lesson. Now I'm hoping one will show up so I can examine it. And thanks also for the information about Stink Bug damage. If I'd known they could do serious harm to my beloved beans I'd have felt a lot less guilt about this one's demise.

I'm finding the Asian lady beetles occasionally too, usually dead or nearly so. I kind of hoped that one would take care of the aphids that have appeared on one of my plants, but that hasn't happened.

Never found one in the house, but some years they're a real pain in the garden. I find that using a small outdoor vacuum works great at sucking them off the tomato plants. Then it's just a matter of squishing them en masse when emptying the vacuum.

We get them where I live as well. In previous years they've been REALLY bad but this winter I haven't seen too many of them. Not sure what caused their numbers to decline but I'm glad I don't have to deal with so many this winter.

No Stink Bugs here this winter in northeast North Dakota, but there was a Box Elder bug walking around in the bathroom yesterday.

Theyve never damaged any of my plants, but it can be alarming to see 3,267 of them quietly sunning themselves on a huge garden rock.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boxelder_bug