the bedbug thing is freaking me out

[tw]

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

Yeah, I've had tons of them for the last year. But seeing as these things have been around for as long as I can remember, I'd call it a population explosion, rather than an invasion.

Stink bugs did not exist in N America until released by a container in Allentown PA in the 1990s. They were mostly ignored since they were thought to not be a problem. But the stink bug explosion is now a major threat to agriculture.

[xoxoxoBruce]

Originally Posted by Happy Monkey

It's a slightly different species of stinkbug, with stripy legs.

I didn't know this, never noticed that detail.

Originally Posted by tw

Stink bugs did not exist in N America until released by a container in Allentown PA in the 1990s. They were mostly ignored since they were thought to not be a problem. But the stink bug explosion is now a major threat to agriculture.

No, we've alway had stink bugs. You are you talking about the Pippi Longstocking variety, the Brown Marmorated variety HM referred to.

[tw]

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

No, we've alway had stink bugs.

Not the ones that were transported from Asia to Allentown PA in the 1990s. And that are now a major concern to agriculture.

I have no idea what stink bug you have seen. I have never seen one. But around 2000, I was seeing this Asian stink bug in swarms. And had never seen it before.

[xoxoxoBruce]

Originally Posted by tw

Not the ones that were transported from Asia to Allentown PA in the 1990s. And that are now a major concern to agriculture.

sigh... that's what I just said.

I have no idea what stink bug you have seen. I have never seen one. But around 2000, I was seeing this Asian stink bug in swarms. And had never seen it before.

You must have been a city kid. stink bugs