Anyone infested with these. Just another in the constant wave of new pest species that are eroding the quality
of our environment.
Here come the stink bugs... (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BtFgm9dXOlw&safety_mode=true&persist_safety_mode=1#normal)
About a week ago, I woke up with one on my stomach in the middle of the night. In one groggy motion I grabbed it and flung it against the wall. I heard it buzzing on the floor so I got up and put it in an empty snapple bottle.
I could not sleep the rest of the night because I felt them crawling all over me. I HATE bugs.
The lack of bugs was one of my favorite parts about living in San Francisco.
We don't get many stick bugs here in my experience, but the camel crickets are out of make the beast with two backsing control. I found 3-4 daily in my last apt, always in the bathroom.
(http://slackerspeaksloud.files.wordpress.com/2010/06/camel_crickets_jenny_2.jpg)
Oh, there are plenty in the Pacific North West. Nasty little buggers but I'll say that they are better than earwigs.
Quote from: Vindingo on March 01, 2011, 10:37:05 AM
I could not sleep the rest of the night because I felt them crawling all over me. I HATE bugs.
When I was a teenager, I had a basement bedroom. In other lesser-traveled rooms/areas down there you would occasionally run across a big, scary centipede.
One night I was laying on my back, beginning to doze off, and what I can only imagine was the biggest centipede in recorded history made a beeline right across my chest.
I think I flew a foot in the air. I remember it like it was yesterday...
With all the Bat colonies starting to die off with white nose syndrome
it ought to get interesting to see what changes occur in the insect food-chain
My childhood time in Saudi Arabia exposed me to bugs I still don't like to think about....
And with Chytrid causing amphibian extinctions worldwide our natural defenses are diminishing as new exotic pests, like the stink bug, keep coming and they keep coming. I work for an agency that's job is to manage wildlife but we spend a huge amount of time and money fighting pest, both plants and animals. Notice on stink bugs came across our network today so I thought I'd see if members of the DML had been infested yet. I don't thing the public is all that aware of it, but we are fighting a war against pests. There is no winning and it keeps coming.
Quote from: akmnstr on March 01, 2011, 12:32:39 PM
And with Chytrid causing amphibian extinctions worldwide our natural defenses are diminishing as new exotic pests, like the stink bug, keep coming and they keep coming. I work for an agency that's job is to manage wildlife but we spend a huge amount of time and money fighting pest, both plants and animals. Notice on stink bugs came across our network today so I thought I'd see if members of the DML had been infested yet. I don't thing the public is all that aware of it, but we are fighting a war against pests. There is no winning and it keeps coming.
between the rapidly rising amounts of stink bugs and the regularity of bedbugs showing up...it seems the pests shall inherit the earth instead of the meek...
Quote from: zooom on March 01, 2011, 12:36:33 PM
between the rapidly rising amounts of stink bugs and the regularity of bedbugs showing up...it seems the pests shall inherit the earth instead of the meek...
nah, we just have to come up with better recipes to cook them with.
I fear no beast as we humans are built to eat anything and everything.
Quote from: zooom on March 01, 2011, 12:36:33 PM
between the rapidly rising amounts of stink bugs and the regularity of bedbugs showing up...it seems the pests shall inherit the earth instead of the meek...
Maybe it is time to give the Greenlight to Monsanto again on DDT production
Quote from: RAT900 on March 01, 2011, 12:42:18 PM
Maybe it is time to give the Greenlight to Monsanto again on DDT production
isn't Charlie Sheen's blood the modern equivalent?
We need to clone the man in massive quantities and set them loose upon the pests.
Quote from: lethe on March 01, 2011, 12:43:54 PM
isn't Charlie Sheen's blood the modern equivalent?
We need to clone the man in massive quantities and set them loose upon the pests.
[laugh] [laugh] [laugh] [clap] [clap] [clap]
Quote from: RAT900 on March 01, 2011, 12:42:18 PM
Maybe it is time to give the Greenlight to Monsanto again on DDT production
We learned are lesson that last time we tried that. But we do us a lot of different chemicals now. More specialized and less toxic. But the enemy keeps coming up with new defenses and there are always new species.
Quote from: akmnstr on March 01, 2011, 12:47:16 PM
We learned are lesson that last time we tried that. But we do us a lot of different chemicals now. More specialized and less toxic. But the enemy keeps coming up with new defenses and there are always new species.
Back in the 1970's a lot of folks in NYC were getting pet iguana's to consume the cockroaches in their apartments...it was a relatively short-lived fad since the iguanas died in fairly short-order from all the poisons in the roaches
When I was a little kid my family had a west TX ranch (but we lived in BigD) and I was trained to always shake out your shoes before putting them on in the morning because scorpions loved shoes for some odd reason. No one had to tell me twice. ;D There were also BIG ASS bumble bees that colonized in the ground... unlike your normal bee nest in trees. One time I was walking behind my Dad when I was about 5. We were headed toward the barn and I was stomping along like a little kid does. Well I successfully pissed off a whole colony of bumble bees and they immediately knew who to go after! I probably could have out sprinted Usain Bolt that day. [laugh] My Dad couldn't even catch me as I ran screaming my ass off and getting the shit stung out of me! Guess I wore the bees out or they all lost their stingers in me. Bastards. 50+ years later I still vividly remember that day. Hurt like a son of a pregnant dog. Thankfully I wasn't allergic or it would have killed me.
OK... back to stinkbugs. And yes we have those too. Appropriately named critters!
Quote from: lethe on March 01, 2011, 12:43:54 PM
isn't Charlie Sheen's blood the modern equivalent?
We need to clone the man in massive quantities and set them loose upon the pests.
No!!!! :o
One bite of Charlie and they would no doubt become immune to everything.....
So, what do stinkbugs smell like??
Quote from: Speedbag on March 01, 2011, 02:42:59 PM
So, what do stinkbugs smell like??
Good question. That's hard to describe. Just nasty shit. If you startle them and/or squish them they put off a nasty odor. Natural defense mechanism ala skunk but not nearly as effective. After all they are smaller than a dime. How much olfactory damage can something that small cause? They probably don't taste very good either. ;D
Quote from: oldfastwin on March 01, 2011, 03:33:53 PM
They probably don't taste very good either. ;D
I dare ya.
Quote from: Speedbag on March 01, 2011, 03:45:34 PM
I dare ya.
show up at DIMBY with a stinkbug and I'll eat it
good incentive to get you there?
Tempting, but I'm fresh out of stinkbugs. They all froze to death months ago.
Quote from: Speedbag on March 01, 2011, 03:59:13 PM
Tempting, but I'm fresh out of stinkbugs. They all froze to death months ago.
since it's in the summer you'll have a fresh crop
You just might be on..... ;D
(assuming I haven't pissed away my limited vacation hours by then)
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Stink bugs
Irian Jaya, Indonesia
Faith: If one must, it’s advisable to begin by eating insects that crisp up well when roasted. I wouldn’t suggest starting with anything too chewy, like a worm, or too fleshy, like cicadas. You want to ease into the experience while not making a total fool of yourself. It’s helpful if the people with whom you are feasting are under the age of ten. They will be paying more attention to the meal at hand than to you. … Stink bugs fit the category of crispy insect. … The taste experience is rather like eating a bitter sunflower seed, shell and all, without salt. I chew quickly.
http://flushrush.com/bugs-you-can-eat/ (http://flushrush.com/bugs-you-can-eat/)
sounds easy [thumbsup]
mmmmmmmmmmmmmm What [wine] goes with stink bugs or maybe they go better with [drink] or a side of [bacon] or you could munch em for a snack like [popcorn]
Quote from: oldfastwin on March 01, 2011, 03:33:53 PM
They probably don't taste very good either. ;D
They taste absolutely vile. Through an unfortunate series of circumstances, I ended up taking a bite out of one. The "stink" part stays with you for hours (I had to change clothes and wash everything) and I ended up gagging/puking into the sink for nearly an hour afterwards.
One good thing about AZ is not too many bugs. Wolf spiders, black widows and scorpions are in abundance! I've had several encounters with all of them here. We had stink bugs in Michigan. You want to know what they smell like, eh? Well, a really juicy one will be so bad that you'll almost taste it. No bueno! Right when I saw the thread title, it instantly brought the smell back to my olfactory. :p unfortunately, every one of dogs learned the hard way when they bit into one those nasty critters. Lesson learned..keep away from the stink bugs!
One way to get rid of them. ;D
1,000,000 volt taser meets stink bug (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IeWy_qneDgg#normal)
That's disturbing. :o
We have tons of 'em here during the PA summers.
The good: they are harmless
The bad: they can get anywhere because they can fit through a gap the thickness of a sheet of paper. And they stink
I believe PA is where they were discovered but harmless, they do crop damage.
Very few bugs in my place, the tree frogs, snakes and geckos keep the population down.
Quote from: akmnstr on March 02, 2011, 12:34:28 PM
I believe PA is where they were discovered but harmless, they do crop damage.
Not as much damage as housing developments but I'll save that for another thread :'(
Needless to say, Amish country has a shit load of bugs.