Does anyone else have these everywhere?! I swear, they are everywhere outside. They're not in the house because I keep all the doors and stuff where they could get in closed up, but they're big and nasty and I think they can fly. Dh said he even saw them on the flight deck of the ship today. I've never seen them before now so I am just wondering if it is normal that they're everywhere this time of year or what?

Yep, I've squashed several on the patio and in the garage this past weekend... I can't stand them!!

ewww!!! yes we do! One flew in the house the other night and Erik had to kill it I was freaking out soo bad! :lol I know they're not poisonous or anything, but they're scary looking

ewww!!! yes we do! One flew in the house the other night and Erik had to kill it I was freaking out soo bad! :lol I know they're not poisonous or anything, but they're scary looking

The ones I've squished also smell funny when smashed....

Eww, ok. I killed 5 in the driveway as they were trying to get in the garage and I just thought, this can't be normal. But I guess it is. Yuck. I didn't realize that they flew at first or I probably would have been a lot more cautious about walking up and swatting them. :lol

They are stink bugs/beetles and it seems they are EVERYWHERE right now. I would avoid squashing em cuz they do smell. I try to use a broom or something to push em. Tho the last 2 stood on their hind legs at me. Thats when they go to squirt you :pukey

ahhhhhhhh!!

lol the story was on the news they said there are tons but they are good cause they kill the caterpillars.

yup. eww.

It seems like now that the weather has gotten cooler again I haven't seen them at all. And I am happy about that! :yes

in the desert we called 'em stink bugs, because they stink when you squish them.




http://www.desertusa.com/mag01/may/papr/photos/stinkbug_0053.jpg


Beetles in the genus Eleodes are known as "darkling" or "pinacate beetles," and colloquially as "stinkbugs" or "clown beetles." Eleodes, derived from the Greek term for "olivelike" describes the general body shape and jet black coloration. Darkling is a common name applied to several genera and over 1400 species within the family Tenebrionidae. Pinacate comes from the Aztec pinacatl, for "black beetle." Stinkbug refers to the malodorous secretion emitted from the insect’s rear end. Clown beetle alludes to the habit of these beetles to do a "headstand" when threatened.

Yuck! Yes that's them. They totally give me the heebie jeebies! :giggle

Ohh those are what db was talking about! I'm not there yet but he was complaining bout them the other day! Somehow they got into one of his friends rooms and i guess they were biting him in his sleep or something and parts of his neck are kinda swollen! I'm so glad I'm not there yet! :scared :hide

Yes, I've been seeing those everywhere! I hate 'em!

My dog has been trying to eat them> Yuck...they need to go back where they came from.:puke They are HUGE!

they were all over the place at the tide pools we were at.
When I stepped on one, another one came to either eat it or revive it.
this is the picture.
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2237/2447065351_049823bfd9.jpg?v=0

When I lived in Aguanga in SoCal we used to throw those at eachother. By the time you threw it at someone, it was stinking so it didnt get you, but it got them pretty good. :rofl My bro and sis had worse aim than me so they always stunk worse. :D

Stink bugs will spray you if you're not careful. I grew up with those around and now I have to deal with them again. If you try to brush them out of the way and they don't move, they tend to freeze and shove their butt in the air-that means they're getting ready to release that odor, so just be careful with them. I don't know if they bite but I'd imagine they do.

Do these things make a loud ass screeching buzzing noise? :freakout WTF!!!

Do these things make a loud ass screeching buzzing noise? :freakout WTF!!!

I haven't heard any noises out of them yet, but I get them with the fly swatter as soon as I see them. It's bumming me out because Cameron just really started liking playing out in the front yard in the grass and that's where they are all hiding so I couldn't even let him play because they were crawling towards him. :(

We have been seeing them everywhere too!

Yuck!!! That really sucks!!

STINK BUGSSS!! omg i hate them. one was crawling towards me at the beach today... not a fan.

they're ALL over our back yard...they won't hurt the kids though...I was looking up something to get rid of them because I DONT want them out there.

they're ALL over our back yard...they won't hurt the kids though...I was looking up something to get rid of them because I DONT want them out there.

Let me know if you find anything because I want them gone too!

YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEES, and Ive been running and crying.... I am soo afraid of bugs.... lol DONT LAUGH...

The hot shot spider spray I have to kill black widows actually kills the stink bugs. I get TONS on my patio :pukey So I started spraying that to see what'd happen and sure enough. It flipped on its back and died. So I been spraying every single one I see out there

They are so huge and NASTY looking I hate bugs and these things make my skin crawl