Mid-Atlantic Gardening: bugs and diseases treating your plants?, 2 by rubyw

rubyw wrote:
Holly, I am suspecting the same thing here in regards to stink bugs maybe being the culprit for plant damage. Earlier this week when watering a pot of very tall Zinnias, I had several fly away as the water hit. Yesterday I went out to take pictures of the damage to the spider plants and found some stink bugs hiding in several of the houseplants. Dang it!!!!

Anyway......the pcitures of my spider plants and pesty glob of black ick aren't very clear but I am hoping that someone here may have had something similar occur in the past and can tell me ways to treat. I have been pinching off any affected leaves and that seems to have cut back considerably on the damage on certain plants. I really don't want to think of bringing inside any sort of pest that may get in to the house......yuck!!!

I would appreciate any thoughts on what I may be dealing with here. Thanks folks.

Ruby