At least I can say I learned something new today. They are called Brown Marmorated Stink Bugs.
They first showed up in late September, and somehow have found a way to seep into the house. I have got to the point where I just cannot stand them and the disgusting smell....
The cats, usually great annihalators of all things creepy crawly, will not touch them! The dogs give them wide berth.
I just had one crawling up a wall in front of me. I'm good at quickly plucking them to toss them out before they get any stink on me.
But this one was a fighter! He wriggled and before I could get him in the bag, he stunk up my hand!!
Had to wash my hands twice and that didn't help, so then soaked in lemon juice, washed again. Smell is fainter, but masked with lemon and dial soap
Here a pic and info about them from my online search:
Photo Courtesy of www.Maine.gov.
Category: True Bug
Common Name: Brown Marmorated Stink Bug
Scientific Name: (Halyomorpha halys)
Other Name(s): Stink Bug
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Family: Pentatomidae
Genus: Halyomorpha
Species: halys
General Size: 14mm to 16mm (0.55in to 0.63in)
Look for these Colors: brown; gray; yellow
The Brown Marmorated Stink Bug is a pest to a large variety of fruit-bearing trees and plants, leaving circular damaged areas on leaves. Originally from Asia, the Brown Marmorated Stink Bug made its way to North America and has been a pest ever since. Their color makes them effective camouflaged insects. Both nymphs and adults feed off of the leaves or fruit sources. Stink Bugs generally derrive their namesakes from the foul-smelling odor that the insect produces when threatened or disturbed, produced by specialized stink glands in both the male and female.
Do chickens eat them? I don't see any around or in the coop, they seem only to want to be in my house or studio.
I can't imagine the chickens would touch them, I don't even want to think what the eggs might taste like...
They first showed up in late September, and somehow have found a way to seep into the house. I have got to the point where I just cannot stand them and the disgusting smell....
The cats, usually great annihalators of all things creepy crawly, will not touch them! The dogs give them wide berth.
I just had one crawling up a wall in front of me. I'm good at quickly plucking them to toss them out before they get any stink on me.
But this one was a fighter! He wriggled and before I could get him in the bag, he stunk up my hand!!
Had to wash my hands twice and that didn't help, so then soaked in lemon juice, washed again. Smell is fainter, but masked with lemon and dial soap
Here a pic and info about them from my online search:
Photo Courtesy of www.Maine.gov.
Category: True Bug
Common Name: Brown Marmorated Stink Bug
Scientific Name: (Halyomorpha halys)
Other Name(s): Stink Bug
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Family: Pentatomidae
Genus: Halyomorpha
Species: halys
General Size: 14mm to 16mm (0.55in to 0.63in)
Look for these Colors: brown; gray; yellow
The Brown Marmorated Stink Bug is a pest to a large variety of fruit-bearing trees and plants, leaving circular damaged areas on leaves. Originally from Asia, the Brown Marmorated Stink Bug made its way to North America and has been a pest ever since. Their color makes them effective camouflaged insects. Both nymphs and adults feed off of the leaves or fruit sources. Stink Bugs generally derrive their namesakes from the foul-smelling odor that the insect produces when threatened or disturbed, produced by specialized stink glands in both the male and female.
Do chickens eat them? I don't see any around or in the coop, they seem only to want to be in my house or studio.
I can't imagine the chickens would touch them, I don't even want to think what the eggs might taste like...
