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zoegrace1Beach Comber
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what is it?? 1-1/2 " long antennas..long legs...sound like a little cessna flyng by...dr gray/brown..long body..they are out like crazy right now..?

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Douglas the Intrepid avatar
Douglas the IntrepidBeach Fanatic
#2
I think I had one on my balcony this morning. Did it look like a wasp kinda?
zoegrace1Beach ComberAuthor
#3
yes...but biggggger...it almost looks like it has an armadillo type shell..
Douglas the Intrepid avatar
Douglas the IntrepidBeach Fanatic
#5
That's a stink bug! 🙂
Lady D avatar
Lady DSoWal Insider
#6
See stink bugs here all the time. Have for years. Don't like them either, not too fond of one of them flying at me. Just wondering though if they actually put out some type of odor, the reason they are called stink bugs. :idontno:
Beach Runner avatar
Beach Runnerbeats on hood
#7
Yeah, the Today Show was talking about stink bugs and bed bugs this week. Pulleaze!

Better than rattlesnakes on a beach walkover.😱
Lady D avatar
Lady DSoWal Insider
#8
Yeah, I've been hearing the talk about the bed bugs, they say in hospitals they are not so much in the beds of the patients but in the chairs that are in the rooms that will recline back for someone to sleep in, makes me think twice now about sitting in one of those. And it sure makes me think about checking our bed at times, check it anyway for ticks, spiders, etc as there are brown recluses around here, shouldn't be any reason bed bugs would be in our home, hope not anyway, news stories I saw showed this one elderly woman's home had them, she was scared to get back in her bed, had bite places all over her arms, ugh.

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Will B avatar
Will BModerator
#9
See stink bugs here all the time. Have for years. Don't like them either, not too fond of one of them flying at me. Just wondering though if they actually put out some type of odor, the reason they are called stink bugs. :idontno:

One or two don't smelll, but when they swam it's pretty nasty. It's a defence mechanism. Squash one and get back with us!
Smiling JOe avatar
Smiling JOeSoWal Expert
#10
I saw at least one news story recently stating that people were going crazy because of an increase in numbers of stink bugs lately.
Kurt avatar
KurtAdmin
#11
On NPR Science Friday now.
Will B avatar
Will BModerator
#12
We have about 6 Boxelder trees in our backyard. Last year we had a load of Boxelder bugs show up. They are harmless and were living in our pine islands near the trees. There were thousands upon thousands. I know it sounds gross, but I could could scoop up handfuls of them. It felt really cool to have hundreds of these little critters walking on your hands all at the same time.

In case you're wondering, here's a Boxelder bug. I'd wager most of you have seen one but not known what they were. They are small...about 1/2 tops...

Lady D avatar
Lady DSoWal Insider
#13
One or two don't smelll, but when they swam it's pretty nasty. It's a defence mechanism. Squash one and get back with us!

Don't think i want to go that far as to stepping on one to see how bad they stink.
shakennotstirred avatar
shakennotstirredBeach Fanatic
#14
There is a stink bug invasion here. Everyone is complaining about them. I have yet to see one though!
zoegrace1Beach ComberAuthor
#15
i'll send some over..they're all at my house!!
shakennotstirred avatar
shakennotstirredBeach Fanatic
#16
i'll send some over..they're all at my house!!

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