the bedbug thing is freaking me out - Page 3

xoxoxoBruce · 10-01-2010, 10:22 AM

No, you thilly thavage.

Happy Monkey · 10-01-2010, 10:30 AM

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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.

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

tw · 10-01-2010, 11:41 AM

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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 · 10-01-2010, 07:52 PM

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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.

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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 · 10-01-2010, 08:34 PM

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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 · 10-02-2010, 03:32 AM

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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.

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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

wolf · 10-02-2010, 09:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Juniper

Edward Cullen lives in YOUR bed?

Vampires are WAY easier to get rid of than bedbugs. One well-placed stake, maybe a beheading just to be sure, and you're all done.

Getting rid of bedbugs is serious work.

Yznhymr · 10-06-2010, 01:52 PM

A month ago while camping I had my first encounter with the horrible creatures. A hundred or so bites, mostly in underwear region since it was the only place I didn't spray down with Deet. Please don't waste time asking personal questions about where they bit me, the answer would be yes. I had to take the steroid pack and doxycycline. Horrible expierence. Be afraid...be very afraid.

And yes, all clothes, sleeping bag, etc. were torched with fire and covered with lime and then covered with a foot of dirt, then sprayed down with methyl parathion. I shouldv'e thrown a clove of garlic on the pile for good measure.

xoxoxoBruce · 10-06-2010, 04:37 PM

Where did they come from, the sleeping bag?

Getgo · 10-06-2010, 05:11 PM

Bed Bugs are becoming the next Cockroaches. Pesky little shits.

10-01-2010, 10:22 AM	#31
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	No, you thilly thavage. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

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Yznhymr the crowd goes wild! Join Date: May 2007 Location: USA Posts: 663	A month ago while camping I had my first encounter with the horrible creatures. A hundred or so bites, mostly in underwear region since it was the only place I didn't spray down with Deet. Please don't waste time asking personal questions about where they bit me, the answer would be yes. I had to take the steroid pack and doxycycline. Horrible expierence. Be afraid...be very afraid. And yes, all clothes, sleeping bag, etc. were torched with fire and covered with lime and then covered with a foot of dirt, then sprayed down with methyl parathion. I shouldv'e thrown a clove of garlic on the pile for good measure. __________________ "The pride system tends to intensify the self-hate against which it is supposed to be a defense, since any failure to live up to one's tyrannical shoulds or of the world to honor one's claims leads to feelings of worthlessness." Bernard J. Paris, Ph.D.

10-06-2010, 04:37 PM	#39
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Where did they come from, the sleeping bag? __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

10-06-2010, 05:11 PM	#40
Getgo Coronation Incarnate Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 94	Bed Bugs are becoming the next Cockroaches. Pesky little shits.

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