"Standing seam metal roof == stink bug disaster? For the following reasons: >> The standing seams leave a triangular gap, which could potentially be a pathway into the house. >> The part where they fold it over the roofline has a huge…"

"Hate to tell you, but that is nothing compared to what we've got in Virgina. Much closer is the "north side" photos."

"I posted last year in response to the first very significant explosion of H. halys. They've been swarming badly for a week or so (here in Lynchburg VA), but today was truly unbelievable. So many were in my basement I had to set off bug bombs,…"

"Question on metal roof Part of my problem with "sealing" off my house is that I have a standing seam metal roof, *far* off the ground (e.g. 25 feet). Clearly, a major path of ingress for the BMSB is the openings at the bottom of the…"

"Happen to be walking by the rhododendrons by my house today, and they were *loaded* with BMSB. Sometimes as many as 5-6 per leaf. Definitely will have to spray this weekend - probably sevin on the plant, and then give a good soaking with a systemic…"

"I already tried hosing my house down with Demand CS. Killed a lot of stinkbugs around my windows and doors, but with the flood of stinkbugs, it was just a drop in the bucket. I'm currently killed 40-50 per day inside, since it has warmed up…"

"I know Jeffery Aldrich up at the ARS is working on a combination slit and pheremone trap. There are a couple of technical Japanese papers that talk about a slit trap. Until the ARS work is done, it seems like a slit trap could be constructed to…"

"Here in Lynchburg, VA, we've seen a population explosion in the last three years. This year in late September, I'd conservatively estimated a thousand or more brown marmorated stink bugs on the sides of my house for a week or two. Nothing…"