Think they ain't?

Insectological? Was entomological not sufficient or something?

Kissing bugs? When I was a kid we still called those cooties

Nevermind that, someone tell me how to get rid of these farking stink bugs already! Invasive species is invasive.

nekom: Nevermind that, someone tell me how to get rid of these farking stink bugs already! Invasive species is invasive.

I bought a thing called Bugzooka, which sucks them into a holding chamber. Once I get a bunch in the chamber I freeze them to kill them, and toss them out.

I saw a cool thing a guy made out of a two-liter plastic soda bottle. He cut it near the top where the neck begins to curve, flipped the top over and shoved it in the cylindrical bottom piece, and placed the thing on an LED light in his attic. He caught hundreds each night.

kidgenius: St_Francis_P: nekom: Nevermind that, someone tell me how to get rid of these farking stink bugs already! Invasive species is invasive.

I bought a thing called Bugzooka, which sucks them into a holding chamber. Once I get a bunch in the chamber I freeze them to kill them, and toss them out.

I saw a cool thing a guy made out of a two-liter plastic soda bottle. He cut it near the top where the neck begins to curve, flipped the top over and shoved it in the cylindrical bottom piece, and placed the thing on an LED light in his attic. He caught hundreds each night.

You'd be surprised how many insects can survive a deep freeze. Besides, why in god's name would you put em in your freezer where your food is? Why not just spray some raid in the container and be done with it?

Raid only annoys them, they live for a long time. And stink. They don't stink when I freeze them, and they die quickly in the cold.

At first I was: OMG! That's terrible!

Then they said it was the bottom 2/3's of the U.S., so I stopped caring.

Anyone else have the same reaction?

Researcher: At first I was: OMG! That's terrible!

Then they said it was the bottom 2/3's of the U.S., so I stopped caring.

Anyone else have the same reaction?

Yep. I feel the same way about fire ants. Makes winters a bit easier to bear when I think about all the nasty critters it keeps away.

debug: Mosquitoes do it during the day while you are awake. What's the big deal?

Chagas disease is debilitating and can be chronic in Latin America, where it is spread by different insects from those in the USA. It can cause extensive heart damage when it is chronic, so it can kill you. It can be spread by blood transfusions as well as biting insects of a number of species.

The highest disability-adjusted life years (DALY) is in Bolivia, at 450 years per 100,000 people, and most of the world, including the United States lose less than 10 years per 100,000 people, if I read the Wikipedia article correctly.

Disability-adjusted life years is the number of years lost to a disease in terms of sickness, disability or death.

Clearly this is not a major problem in the US (only in Central and South America) and it can be prevented. Northern species of insects that carry it seem to be less effective vectors, as the article says, because they don't crap where they eat.

Here's the Wikipedia article on the disease:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chagas_disease

Here's a map of DALY for Chagas (Wikipedia): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Chagas_disease_world_map_-_DALY_-_WH O2004.svg

Here's a map for ALL CAUSES (Wikipedia): http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b7/All_Causes_world_ma p_-_DALY_-_WHO2004.svg

The one good thing about bedbugs is that they aren't known to spread any diseases. Chagas is now a possible exception, which could be really bad news in the future, especially if the disease spreads in the USA with global warming induced invasions of the insects which carry the disease in South America.

Until this happens, most Americans don't have to worry about ever contracting Chagas unless they travel or live in the South West where it very occasionally occurs along with the odd case of some tropical diseases more associated with Africa, South America or Asia.

I recall reading on another site that the landlady of a soldier returned from Iraq contracted a tropical disease that is rare in the US (more common in Mexico) but which is common in the Old World (Africa, the Middle East and South Asia). She may have gotten it from the author of the post or not. It is sometimes hard to say where the vector lies unless you do DNA testing above and beyond usual medical procedure.

St_Francis_P: kidgenius: St_Francis_P: nekom: Nevermind that, someone tell me how to get rid of these farking stink bugs already! Invasive species is invasive.

I bought a thing called Bugzooka, which sucks them into a holding chamber. Once I get a bunch in the chamber I freeze them to kill them, and toss them out.

I saw a cool thing a guy made out of a two-liter plastic soda bottle. He cut it near the top where the neck begins to curve, flipped the top over and shoved it in the cylindrical bottom piece, and placed the thing on an LED light in his attic. He caught hundreds each night.

You'd be surprised how many insects can survive a deep freeze. Besides, why in god's name would you put em in your freezer where your food is? Why not just spray some raid in the container and be done with it?

Raid only annoys them, they live for a long time. And stink. They don't stink when I freeze them, and they die quickly in the cold.

I just got done solving bed bugs, havent had any experience with stink bugs yet, will let you know.