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This is: Stink Bug Facts

Brought to you by: this fucking stink bug colony or whatever that has ended up in my room
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Did you know: stink bugs are fucking loud when they fly around and won't land
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Did you know: what the fuck keeps making them try to land on me wtf?
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Did you know: I want these fucking things gone but I can't kill them since they're fucking stink bugs
Bippy
I know all of these facts so well!
We get so many... and the cats still haven't learned to leave them alone.
sᴍᴜᴛ ᴛʜʀᴇᴀᴛ
if you can catch them just put them in a plastic bag in the freezer and they will die without stink! but... if it's a whole colony. uh. i don't really have much. i've only ever had like a half-dozen to contend with at once
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It's just 2 or 3 of them, we're not sure but not too many. I was being hyperbolic
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Freezer is a good idea, I also had someone suggest vacuum
𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍𝖙 𝖕𝖗𝖔𝖕𝖊𝖗!
Oh my god.
sᴍᴜᴛ ᴛʜʀᴇᴀᴛ
vacuum still runs the risk of stinky imo. the cold helps kill some of the smell!
𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍𝖙 𝖕𝖗𝖔𝖕𝖊𝖗!
I have bad news about the vacuum, and that bad news is that they’ll probably just escape from the bag or canister.
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𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍𝖙 𝖕𝖗𝖔𝖕𝖊𝖗!
Lauren told me to euthanize them with a cotton ball soaked in nail polish remover, fwiw. In a jar or a throwaway glass.
𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍𝖙 𝖕𝖗𝖔𝖕𝖊𝖗!
I think you can also flush them down the toilet.
𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍𝖙 𝖕𝖗𝖔𝖕𝖊𝖗!
Or take them outside if the temp is low enough, so they freeze there.
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Yeah, Kirby took one outside yesterday to kill it
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I just don't know why they keep coming in this room, in particular
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Trying to land on me is the part freaking me out
𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍𝖙 𝖕𝖗𝖔𝖕𝖊𝖗!
Because they try to come inside in the fall and you have a crack in there somewhere.
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I already had to brush it off of my shirt twice
𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍𝖙 𝖕𝖗𝖔𝖕𝖊𝖗!
I had them in my bedroom in my old apartment because my window frame was broken.
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Heh
𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍𝖙 𝖕𝖗𝖔𝖕𝖊𝖗!
Are you wearing a fruit scented lotion or anything like that?
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Yeah, there's a big hole in the ceiling where I stepped through from the attic
𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍𝖙 𝖕𝖗𝖔𝖕𝖊𝖗!
They love fruit.
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I just showered
𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍𝖙 𝖕𝖗𝖔𝖕𝖊𝖗!
I used to have a pear lotion and they would always hang out on the cap.
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https://images.plurk.com/7BtYhC0hABz9wQj9IlNA7Z.jpg
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The shampoo I used is Shea Butter though...not sure if they're attracted to that
𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍𝖙 𝖕𝖗𝖔𝖕𝖊𝖗!
I don’t think they would be.
Zita
make a cup of soapy water to drop them in, it kills them without stink
𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍𝖙 𝖕𝖗𝖔𝖕𝖊𝖗!
Yeah, the soapy water thing will also work
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Ahh, all good ideas!
𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍𝖙 𝖕𝖗𝖔𝖕𝖊𝖗!
Basically, it suffocates them (you also do this for Japanese beetles in gardening)
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Thankfully, Abby is in this recycling kick where she's saving all the glass jars
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So I have plenty of stuff I could trap or kill them in without messing with actual drink cups
Zita
yeah i was remembering the time we did this with disposable cups at a job i had
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The dish soap we buy is lime-scented
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I wonder if maybe they would just fly to in and fall in without intervention
𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍𝖙 𝖕𝖗𝖔𝖕𝖊𝖗!
I don’t know. Mostly they seem to like appleish fruits
𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍𝖙 𝖕𝖗𝖔𝖕𝖊𝖗!
If you see a little like... cat face shaped pattern on an apple’s skin, that’s a stink bug bite
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Oh, interesting
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I never knew that
Bippy
On the plus side! I learned that if I grab them with a bunched up paper towel, I can dispose of them without stink.
𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍𝖙 𝖕𝖗𝖔𝖕𝖊𝖗!
Yeah, they only release the stink if they feel threatened or if you crush them
𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍𝖙 𝖕𝖗𝖔𝖕𝖊𝖗!
And they’re surprisingly chill most of the time
𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍𝖙 𝖕𝖗𝖔𝖕𝖊𝖗!
Basically, they are trying to come in houses at this time of year, esp on days that have temps above freezing, because they’re looking for a place to overwinter, and
𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍𝖙 𝖕𝖗𝖔𝖕𝖊𝖗!
IIIRC they follow scent trails, so if one finds a way in, others might try to follow.
𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍𝖙 𝖕𝖗𝖔𝖕𝖊𝖗!
But they are also invasive pest insects in the wild, so I guess it’s best to kill them if you can catch them.
Bippy
𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍𝖙 𝖕𝖗𝖔𝖕𝖊𝖗! : That's what I like about the paper towels. I can crush without releasing the big stink.
𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍𝖙 𝖕𝖗𝖔𝖕𝖊𝖗!
Yeah!
тнυη∂єя кιттєη
oh god my daughter scared the hell out of me with some stinkbugs once
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she put them in a used prescription bottle. I thought she'd put beads in it, she's a crafter.
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I dumped three or four half hibernating stinkbugs on my desk.
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I'm not afraid of bugs, but I didn't expect that and I screamed.
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then it was a rush to get them OUT!!!
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тнυη∂єя кιттєη : omg I would plotz
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Incredible
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Anyway I just got home from being out and I'm going bug hunting
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I can't remember if I just shooed them out the basement door or if I drowned them in soapy water but I told her to NEVER DO THAT AGAIN.
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