Anybody else notice there's a lot of stiink bugs this season ?

[Mikey]

Here in NE Pa we seem to be getting overrun by stink bugs

I talked to a few people in north central Jersey and they're getting overrun too.

Is this just a local N.E.Pa/N.Jersey thing ?

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[boss]

I saw the first one I've seen in 20 years just last weekend. Hmmmmm

[wayne foundation 07]

We got them here in NE Ohio too, if they came from over your way Mike I wish you'ld take them back.

[GHVersion12]

Have a lot of them here as well.

[Random Axe]

Right now they're looking for winter shelter in homes and garages. The early and warm spring has matured two generations simultaniously, so they are far more numerous. This will be nothing compared to what comes out of the ground and our attics next April...

[spaceace35]

many here in mass too

[Hector]

No bugs around here...just a bunch of worthless thieves.

[4NDR01D]

I didn't think we had stink bugs here, but I googled it, and sure enough I've been seeing these guys since the spring. I don't recall seeing them before. Do these guys turn red and black?

[Nostalgiabuff]

yeah we have a lot in NY too. i had read somewhere there was some new species of them from China or someting. the new ones i have seen this year are green like lima beans. in previous years they were always a shade of brown, some red and black

[Brazoo]

yeah we have a lot in NY too. i had read somewhere there was some new species of them from China or someting.

After I read Mikey's post I googled around and found this article about that:

http://news.yahoo.com/stink-bug-invasion-promises-foul-fall-204016553.html

"In the United States, brown marmorated stink bugs are most prevalent in the Mid-Atlantic states. A recent national survey conducted by Hometeam Pest Defense found that 59 percent of Washington, D.C., homeowners had had problems with the bugs, making the nation's capital their densest urban stronghold. But the invasive species has now spread to 38 states, including California and Oregon, according to USDA-funded research."

[jds1911a1]

originally seen in Allentown pa in 98 they are from eastern asia china/korea and probalby hithciked in fruit cargo