The stink bugs are back with a vengeance. This weekend I must have "carefully" removed 20 from inside the Nowlin estate, each time muttering, "how the **** are these things getting in? When I say carefully removed, I mean you don't want to squash these invaders, they give off a smell like the office refrigerator if you smash them.
The Brown Marmorated Stink Bug (Halyomorpha halys) is an insect native to China, Japan, the Korean Peninsula, and Taiwan. In September 1998 it was collected in Allentown Pennsylvania for the first time after hitchhiking it's way to the states in packing material. Now, they're everywhere!!! Not only do they want to come inside your house for the winter, they're destroying our apples! Here's some info...