<p>NYmom, we are in north jersey. Someone said it was the type of summer that brought them on, I seriously have never seen them before, better I guess than the bedbugs in NYC right?</p>
<p>I’m in Maryland. Last year was the first bad year. This year is worse.</p>
<p>Yep - Maryland and stink bugs everywhere.</p>
<p>I read that you shouldn’t spray pesticides into areas where there may be large numbers in the house because more harmful pests, like carpet beetles, may be attracted to eat the dead stinkbugs. Now didn’t that just make your day?</p>
<p>We get them in MA in small numbers, nothing like the plague you guys are talking about.</p>
<p>I’ve been told the slow ones are slow because they are half dead - once they get in your house they dry out pretty quickly and.or starve.</p>
<p>AFAIK they are harmless so I wouldn’t use a pesticide, but then we don’t have that many.</p>
<p>A bigger problem here are the ladybug-lookalike beetles. We will get dozens in the house once it gets cold out.</p>
<p>Had a terrible case of them here in CT last spring. I am hoping that they stay away this fall as it was starting to get ridiculous, they were everywhere. A few managed to get in the house, how, we have no idea. I actually forgot about them until I saw this thread. We seem to be seeing alot of spiders both inside and out this year. Not sure what is up with that but my daughter is scared to death of them (even the itty bitty ones) so it is getting a bit tiresome. How do I get rid of spiders?</p>
<p>irishmary, you can borrow my cats 
There are huge spiders hanging like massive Halloween decorations on my front porch, but I have yet to see a single spider inside the house. My kitties take care of any insect or spider that gets inside the the house.</p>
<p>The only way to get rid of spiders is to get rid of their food supply. Spiders are not stupid, and they will move to where food (bugs) is abundant:</p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parent-cafe/919582-what-attracts-spiders-how-get-rid-them.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parent-cafe/919582-what-attracts-spiders-how-get-rid-them.html</a></p>
<p>I’m hoping last night’s storm took out a bunch, that was sure an exciting storm! Haven’t seen a bugger yet today…but I got my dawn/water spray bottle at the ready just in case!</p>
<p>For the second year, we are also battling the stinkbugs. I hate them! We feel like we can’t even sit out on the deck on a nice evening anymore. We don’t turn on the outside lights, keep blinds drawn…I feel like I’m being held prisoner inside my house. And it still doesn’t even really help. I’m going to try the Dawn trick…last night when we got home from DS’s game (after dark) when my headlights hit the garage door, it looked like something from a horror movie…tons of them crawling all over the door. YUK!</p>
<p>So far, we have less in the house than we did last year. Not sure why. I still have fond memories of finding one in bed in the middle of the night. And another one crawling up the inside of my pjs bottoms as I drank coffee one morning. And another terrorizing us in our car…the smell of one of those stinkers is NOT suited to small spaces. So yeah, they don’t bite as far as I know, but they are NOT pleasant to live with. Better than bed bugs though…:)</p>
<p>Stinkbugs have invaded my D1’s dorm room. They were in her roommates bed! She is on the warpath, talking about moving out but I tried to calm her down and told her to visit residential life and ask for a shopvac that could be kept on her floor for all to use until they’re under control. She’s also going to duct tape around the screens.</p>
<p>Stinkbugs did a job on my tomato plants this year. I had a great bumper crop of cherry tomatoes and then, all of a sudden, a sickly yellow mottling of the fruit. Apparently they can harm other vegetable and fruit crops.</p>
<p>[Stink</a> Bugs ? A Farmer?s Headache From China | All247News](<a href=“http://all247news.com/stink-bugs-–-a-farmer’s-headache-from-china/5319/]Stink”>http://all247news.com/stink-bugs-–-a-farmer’s-headache-from-china/5319/)</p>
<p>The stink bugs were so bad yesterday that tons of them flew into the house whenever I opened a door to the outside. Their incessant loud buzzing noises and dive-bombing were driving me crazy! I finally had enough, so I took my trusty flyswatter outside and dispatched a few hundred that were on the deck side of my house. Unfortunately, a few hundred more immediately appeared out of nowhere to replace their departed cohorts. Where in the heck are they coming from?</p>
<p>Those little buggers are getting the Dawn treatment today.</p>
<p>I have not read all of the posts but I decided I’d had it last night when I went to get the mail and sitting on top of the pile of letters in the mailbox was a stink bug. Have they no shame?</p>
<p>I am in central VA and they were bad this summer but then they went away. They are back now worse than they were earlier in the summer. They congregate on my porch in the afternoons, seem to go away at night.</p>
<p>One friend gets a cup of water, sweeps them into it with a kleenex, then flushes the concoction. Did I miss something with the Dawn treatment? Can someone repeat it please? I am way too cranky to dig through the prior posts.</p>
<p>(Anybody else’s dogs eating them? I mean, not gorging, just a few as a snack. Of course after they’ve eaten one that’s all I can smell for a while.)</p>
<p>notrichenough–I’ll trade you some stink bugs for some ladybug impersonators any day!</p>
<p>mapesy–I read that when you crush them, they release their scent and that attracts more stink bugs. :(</p>
<p>I do recognize the smell now. It’s not that bad–definitely not worse than having the bugs in my house, so I risk vacuuming them. Someone compared it to cilantro, which I can see. Not sure if I’ll enjoy that herb again anytime soon.</p>
<p>ingerp–I use the container of water method. Add a bit of liquid soap to it and they die pretty quickly. In plain water, they can swim and climb out. I prefer to be able to wait until I have a good supply (20 or so) before I flush them down the toilet.</p>
<p>I have to read up on the magical properties of Dawn.</p>
<p>ETA: The cool thing about the container of water method is that their instinct is to drop when they sense you are coming at them. So hold the container right under them and they dive right in when they see the tissue! (They are bringing out the worst in me.)</p>
<p>I was googling Dawn and stinkbugs (no definitive info yet) and came across a Facebook group called “I Hate Stinkbugs.”! Over 34,000 people “like” it.</p>
<p>My neighbors say their stink bug infestation is worse than ever today, but ours is definitely better. Of course, it helped that I accidentally found where a bunch of them were hiding out on my deck. When I went to put up my umbrella this morning, dozens and dozens of the creatures fell out onto my table. GROSS! I had my trusty flyswatter in hand, so I swatted away. Afterwards, it looked like we’d had a massacre on our table. I don’t think I’ll ever be able to eat off it again.</p>
<p>There were a few on my deck today. They are fascinating looking creatures. Had they not the offensive smell, I suspect we’d call them armor bugs or soldier bugs. I went out to shoo one off the deck, and the daring fellow flew right at me and landed on my shoulder. I think he knew I surely wouldn’t kill him there.</p>
<p>here’s a site that I found helpful…lots of stories here! This is a problem… I think we all need to write our representatives!
[How</a> to Get Rid of Stink Bugs](<a href=“http://www.asktheexterminator.com/Household_Pests/How_to_Get_Rid_of_Stink_Bugs.shtml]How”>http://www.asktheexterminator.com/Household_Pests/How_to_Get_Rid_of_Stink_Bugs.shtml)
So far:
Dawn and hot water in a sprayer is a good first option.
Talstar shows promise.
Switch to yellow lights outside. They LOVE regular lighting.
Caulk and seal the windows.</p>