Why Are Stink Bugs The Most Annoying Pests?

Stink bugs are not the only bugs that look for local overwintering sites. Ladybugs and boxelder bugs also use our homes to spend a nice, cozy winter indoors.   But the behavior of stink bugs is markedly different. They are the rudest of our unwanted guests. Stink bugs start to infest homes and other buildings much earlier than other overwintering bugs, sneaking in as early as late August and continuing through the early fall. They make their way through the thinnest of crevices, torn screens, unprotected vents, or loose flashings, often in large number. And once inside, they are not shy about overstaying their welcome, sometimes not leaving until the middle of June. For example, ladybugs, in comparison, are short stay guests. They make their way indoors around November and stay until March or April.

But it’s not just the length of time stink bugs stay in your house. Perhaps most infuriating is their boorish behavior.   Ladybugs tend to congregate in a corner or attic and spend the winter there. Stink bugs are more active, climbing over furniture and getting into your personal belongings. They take over your house with a creepy and unpredictable presence, showing up anywhere and everywhere -- in your laundry basket, on your curtains, in your silverware drawer, on your lamp shades, wherever they can startle and surprise you. When abundant, they leave a noxious trail, staining walls, curtains, and other surfaces with their excrement. Finally, of course, is their offensive odor if crushed either intentionally or accidently. If one of these bugs discharges its lingering scent, you will wonder how something so small can produce such a noxious odor.

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