Summary:
Every year stink bugs invade certain parts of the country and every year people search for ways to keep the stink bugs from getting into their homes. Exclusion! Exclusion! Exclusion is the only answer. You can learn more about stink bug control products here.
Ken K;
Warminster, PA asks: Every year we get invaded by hundreds of stink bugs.
Where can I buy a p
roduct to kill stink bugs inside and outside of house?
Dear Ken:
I get tons of mail asking me how to stop stink bugs from getting inside houses and the only answer is exclusion. Tight fitting windows, doors, eaves, pipes, weep holes, vent and chimney screens and every other crack and crevice needs to be sealed shut. Good luck in making that happen.
Stink bugs are attracted to light and will find their way into homes during the long summer nights when porch and deck lights are on and doors are being opened and closed. Stink bugs do not reproduce inside, so you only have to deal with collecting them and getting them out of the house.
Stink bugs won't harm you or your belongings, but they can be smelly if crushed or collected in a sweeper. They won't bite, because they don't have jaws, but a stink bug will pierce you with the beak it uses to suck the juices out of pine seeds. It feels like a pin prick.
Aerosol-type pyrethrum pesticides will kill stink bugs that have amassed on walls and ceilings, but the treatment will not prevent more stink bugs from emerging shortly afterwards.If you are unable to totally seal up your house you can get a little relief from exterior applications of insecticides. Treatments using a synthetic pyrethroid like Suspend SC just prior to the time when stink bugs start to congregate. Insecticides break down in sunlight so the residual effect of the treatment will be short and may not kill the bugs much more than several days or a week. You can get products that the professionals use to control stink bugs here.
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Comments
Anna
28 Sep 2009, 18:03
My house looks like it has a blanked of stink bugs on it. In the afternoon,
when the sun is shining on my kitchen door, there are hundreds of them all
along the edges. It takes me 10 minutes just to brush them all off before I
can go in my house. Last weekend I got some stink bug juice in my eye and
it swelled shut. I came home from a business trip today and vacuumed over
100 of them in my house. I can hear them clinking around in my chimney and
in my kitchen stove vent. I feel like I'm in some horror movie and like I'm
losing my mind!!! I hope we can come up with a solution soon, before I go
completely mental.
dan
04 Oct 2009, 00:44
We have also been invaded!!! Our place has been innundated with them the
last 2 weeks here in Western MD. Today, I went and bought a wet/dry shop
vac. I filled it with a gallon of soapy water and have sucked up over 200
of them from inside our house. The war continues against this alien
menace.
theresa
03 Dec 2009, 20:52
I live in New Jersey...Gloucester County.....I am INFESTED with them and
have been for over 2 years. Been exterminated 4 times. I can't take it
much longer..I'm ready to sell my house!
yuch
25 Jan 2010, 11:01
This is the first year i've been invaded by stink bugs in Frederick, md. I
was hoping they would go away like cicadas did but now i don't think it
will happen. My last straw was when i sat down to eat a meal and got a
mouthful of crunchy stink bug. i was dealing with them now i'm ready to
move.
Barbara
26 Jan 2010, 11:51
This is our second year being invaded by the nasty things!!, but I thought
they kind of hybernated in the winter, boy i was wrong!, i flush and
vacuum at least a dozen or more a day - called the exterminator, no
guarrentees and he lives close to me and does his house every three months
that just too much $$$$. Maybe i'll have to work for the exterminator to
get a discount.:)
Jean
13 Feb 2010, 11:01
I have only seen 4 of them so far. I had brought boxes down from upstairs
at xmas time and it seems I saw them at that time. Upstairs I have two
window air conditioners. I read on another site that they come in through
these vents in the window air conditioners. My son also had window air
conditioners and when he took them out all these stink bugs fell out. Next
winter I'm taking my ac's out of the windows.
Steff
07 Mar 2010, 02:47
OMG I dont know what it is but im so afraid of this stink bugs. They're
just ugly and there are too many of them. I cant Even see one because i'll
freak out. They invaded my room and my attic, and I even saw one in the
bathroom. Sometimes I feel that they just don't like me because I get one
in my room at least every 3 days.
Will
06 Apr 2010, 17:47
I live in south Jersey and this is the third year I've been at war with
these horrible little creatures. The good news is insted of insecticides I
have found that Windex Antibacterial (it's yellow) spray window cleaner,
kills them in seconds. Something in the Windex a type of oil is death
quickly for these disgusting things. I am against killing anything but
these things serve no use except to make our lives miserable. It's not a
cure but it is a weapon. Good Luck
Gina
07 Apr 2010, 14:41
Just moved to Smithsburg MD last year and have been invaded by these nasty
bugs. We live in the woods, so maybe that makes it worse. I have eaten
them, drank them, and had them land on me while I sleep many times. Surely
someone can come up with something to keep these things away from our
homes!?
For now, I use a spray bottle full of hot soapy water, when they are on
the screens..but obviously cannot spray my interior walls. I was told that
this suffocates them... I feel like we are the only ones but it looks as
though I am not alone.
hannah
07 Apr 2010, 22:02
all of a sudden i see TONZ of bugs in my room, i cannot sleep at night
knowing there are stinkbugs in my room crawling around.
a few questions
1: will they crawl into your mouth???
2:were are they coming from?
3: if i spray them with hairspray will it kill them?
4: i i am seeing BABY stinkbugs, does that mean that they have layed eggs
into my room.
PLEASE GET BACK TO ME ASAP!
I AM SO SCARED OF THIS BUG(S)
i am only 12. please.
John
08 Apr 2010, 23:27
As I sat at my desk reading this blog 2 stink bugs walked across my desk
and I'd swear they looked up at me like "whats your problem" We find at
least 25 per day in my house and in the attic theres literally a thousand
of them under the rolls of insulation. From my understanding Rutgers is
performing a study to try to eliminate or at least control these pests.
Sam
20 Apr 2010, 22:12
I just decided to get on the web to find out what these things were, we see
only a couple a day, but they give me the willies. I couldn't imagine
seeing anymore because I would have to move. They are so ugly that we have
been calling them Monster Bugs, not know ing what they were. I know there
has to be an infestation of them somewhere. It's something about them that
is so creapy and it's like they aren't even scared of you. They just look
at you like "what is there a problem". They are really weird and gross.
Lou
23 May 2010, 21:08
Well, something happened to these in our area. About 8 weeks ago they all
started dying. No matter where we went we saw dead stink bugs and those
that were alive looked sickly. Now, I have not seen a single one alive in
2 weeks. I think nature has run it's course on these - for now.
Lou
23 May 2010, 21:12
I should have mentioned 2 things. We also saw many per day - 25 or more,
especially during spring and fall for the past 3 years. Also, the area we
live is Philly suburbs. I cannot believe how they are just gone. We
became so used to them being around. We did nothing to get rid of them (or
keep them). Maybe we insulted them.
janet
29 May 2010, 14:38
I am from south jersey and I have had it with the stink bugs. I keep my
windows and doors shut all the time. When I go on my screened in porch I
usually kill about 12 a day. I am so frightened by them, they are the
ugliest thing I ever saw and they stink so bad.
I have and a electric fly swatter and I electricute them with it. It works
pretty good and I can see them being tortured.
Mick
17 Aug 2010, 00:18
I am so sick of these sink bugs, coming in my house. I came home one day
and my door was covered with these bugs and it took anout 15 minutes to get
them off my door and my 5 year old daughter is scared to sleep in her room
because we have killed about 100 of them on her walls. I'm at the point
where I'm ready to sell my house and get the hell out of town because this
is crazy. I wish these bugs would go AWAY!
donneisha brown
02 Sep 2010, 04:37
My is Donneisha brown i am 18 years of age im from pittsburgh pa 15221 im
so frighting right now its 4 in the morning an i cant sleep this is the
first time i ever seen stink bugs this much in my house in my entire house
i am told if you kill a stinkbug it smell atract more there attracted to
yellow an if you crush ten cigarettes put them in half gallon of water an
soap it eliminates them they lay 30 too 100 eggs.....i tried everything
they go away at night for some reason do they sleep.....i pantic every day
thinking i see one im scared of them i never been scared of a bug in my
life honestly but its something about them thats scary......there orginaly
from asia why wont they go back where they be lng.....please get back at me
asap
Ask the Exterminator
02 Sep 2010, 08:33
I've got lots of articles on stink bugs. Links are at the top left corner
of this page.
Jen
02 Sep 2010, 20:22
Hey Donneisha,
I've been dealing with this for only 2 days but today I figured something
out. If you take a cup half filled with water and a folded paper towel, you
can swipe them real quick with the paper towel into the cup. They can't get
out once they hit the water. This way you don't crush them & make them
smell. Then I just flush it down the toilet, refill the glass & go for the
next one. I just got 9 of them that way. I'm too chicken to crush them
anyways and I hear they'll smell even if you vaccuum them up.
