I'm being bugged by this bug! Know what it is?
06-13-2011, 06:05 AM
#26
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I love watching the fireflies at night My DGD has great memories of her and her Pappy in the summer nights waiting for it to get dark so they could go out and catch fireflies and put them in a mason jar, (if you can picture a little 3 year old and a 50 something old man dancing around the yard in their pj's trying to catch these things, that's a memory I will never forget) she would put them by her bed at night, used them as a night light. :-D Once my DH decided to let them go in the family room and turn all the lights out. What we won't do for our grandkids. :lol: :lol:
06-13-2011, 06:08 AM
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I think it is a box elder bug...I hate them and they are everywhere in Illinois is seems. I have a regular "bug man" and he cannot get rid to them. They love the sun and cover the walls of my porch ...disgusting!!!
06-13-2011, 06:33 AM
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Originally Posted by jitkaau
We call them "stink bugs" - haven't got a more scientific name for you. Any usual pesticide should do it - so long as it doesn't kill you or the plants...
06-13-2011, 07:03 AM
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Looks like a love bug to me. Do they fly in pairs sometimes? If so, noises and vibration attracts them and they love light colored paint and will cover a wall. When they get smashed on your car, they damage the paint if you don't wash it right away. Generally they are a nuisance for about 2 weeks and then they are gone. You might try a bug zapper in a corner of your yard away from where you will be most.
06-13-2011, 07:06 AM
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Originally Posted by Grandma Mary
Looks to me like what my students called a "stink bug". (That's because they smell when you step on them.) When I was little they were called box-elder bugs. I don't think they do anything, but they can be pesty.
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