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Friday, September 23, 2011

More stories about the Stinkbug..

As temperatures cool, stink bugs start seeking shelter
York Daily Record
By FRANK D. ROYLANCE Notice the brown and white pattern of the brown marmorated stink bug, which might threaten fruit trees. The harvest is on, and the nights are getting colder. So some have begun to wonder when the stink bugs will show up. ...
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Outdoor Pests Move Inside with Cooler Weather
WBOY-TV
Stink bugs and lady bugs will start looking for warmer areas to live over winter. By Malarie Dauginikas FARMINGTON -- As the temperatures creep lower, spring and summer pests might start to make themselves at home in houses. Stink bugs and lady bugs ...
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Wolf Spiders Ate All Our Chinese Stink Bugs
Treehugger
Following the first US landing, in Allentown PA, of a successful breeding population of Chinese Stink Bugs, US Mid-Atlantic states were swarming with the damn things (see photo below). The Chinese Stinkers don't bite but they are large and medieval ...
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Tuesday, September 20, 2011

Sunday, September 18, 2011

As temperatures cool, stink bugs start seeking shelter

So some Marylanders have begun to wonder when the stink bugs will show up. The experts say it won't be long. But they disagree on whether there will be fewer of them this time around, or more. "I personally have more than last year. ...
As temperatures cool, stink bugs start seeking shelter

Tuesday, September 6, 2011

Nationally recognized stinkbug expert: They're on their way


Residents are reported seeing few stink bugs in their homes so far this late in the summer season, but Leskey said they are on their way.

"There are plenty of bugs out there," she said. "We've learned from our own observations and monitoring that they're just now starting to move indoors. They're still gorging themselves in the fields and gardens, but come mid-September, they'll be heading for the house and a warm place to spend the winter."

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Nationally recognized stinkbug expert: They're on their way

Monday, September 5, 2011

N.C. scientists try halting stink bugs - Science/Technology - NewsObserver.com

The Asian stink bug has started its migration into North Carolina, and researchers at N.C. State University have prepped their labs, set their traps and launched a monitoring website - all in an effort to stop the pest's spread.

The work is urgent. This insect, also known as the brown marmorated stink bug, has decimated crops in the mid-Atlantic states. The North Carolina researchers have their eyes on apples, peaches, tomatoes and corn - aiming to save these high-dollar crops from the stink-bug scourge

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Saturday, September 3, 2011

Stink Bugs on Soybeans

Stink Bugs on Soybeans

Last May we wrote an article that discussed potential concerns with stink bugs this summer and in coming years. We are especially worried about the brown marmorated stink bug, an invasive stink bug moving toward Ohio from the Mid-Atlantic States. Reports from that region are that the brown marmorated stink bug is again causing injury to soybeans at this time.