Brown Marmorated Stink Bug Control: Keeping Stink Bugs out of your House

Mike Raupp, "The Bug Guy" for the University of Maryland Extension, shows us the best ways to keep the infamous brown marmorated stink bug from invading your home. Through both stopping them outside your doorstep to finishing off the ones who make it inside, you too can keep your house stink bug free.

For more information on the brown marmorated stink bug and other ways to help keep them from invading your home, please follow this link to our Invasive Species profile of the stink bug: http://extension.umd.edu/hgic/invasiv...

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[fantikw0w]

why the hell will i put stink bugs in my fridge?

[linkmosaic]

Nice one...They are already out to get us



[AmazingIdiot123]

I hate them!!! At least 3 every week

[180066able]

actually u can get all the stink bugs in the toilet, do your buisness on the toilet and flush

[Evolvedinvolved]

I snag it with toilet paper, wrap it tight and flush it. I know it seems a waste of water! I don't want the stink to get loose!

[Sunjay Malhotra]

It's not only if you squish them. If you do anything that startles them, they release a hormone that triggers the smell to be let out. If you capture it, it may release its scent just from that. I didn't know the scent attracted other ones though... nature is really screwing with us badly if that's true!

[Keena Ironweaver]

I'm a defender of creatures with feelings, but you're totally right about the way their minds are wired. I'm glad at least they don't go through as much emotion as a human would... I'm not happy about them entering my room. It's not because they're bugs, it's because of what kind. If it were a jumping spider, I'd be overjoyed... Anyways, they're pests, so I can't release, if I squish them, the smell attracts more, so my only option is to capture them and keep until their time comes... :(

[Keena Ironweaver]

I hate killing harmless bugs, but apparently these things are starting to invade a lot of areas and are becoming 'pests' to most people. I've heard that the smell of stinkbug attracts more of them, so squishing them is a bad idea. Is this true? I don't like starving them to death in little capsules... It seems too cruel...

[Sunjay Malhotra]

It's not a waste of water if you dump all the stink bugs in the toilet and then piss on them. Plus you get that feeling of satisfaction and revenge.

[Sunjay Malhotra]

Dude I know you probably feel bad for the stink bugs but you shouldn't. Stink bugs don't have feelings. Did you know that many small bugs don't have a conscience? They are basically programmed to follow through with certain tasks necessary to keep them alive - it's just in their nature.

[Ears Withfeet]

Why do do people get worked up? These bastards INFEST my house and yard every spring, summer and fall, our only break is winter. And when I say infest, I really mean it, I kill at *least* 40 bugs a day. They're like roaches!!

[amoney1421]

Their smell doesn't bother me its the constant flying around on me and on my tv screen and lights