Mid-Atlantic Gardening: They're Back - Brown Marmorated Stink Bugs Fall 2012, 1 by coleup

coleup wrote:
Stink bugs rarely seen this summer after their record numbers last summer and fall, are being seen again as they look for winter quarters in our homes this fall.

We came from here
http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/1157265/
and here
http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/1158044/

Ruby has mentioned on several threads that in the passed two weeks she has seen many of them gathering on her screened porch. This may be a case of the theory that BMSB (Brown Marmorated Stink Bugs) have moved their concentrations further south in our region from their first invasion in PA. They have now been seen in over 38 states, with attendant crop damage and concern nationwide for effective controls.

Happy has given us an excellent link to a site called Stop the BMSB here
http://www.stopbmsb.org/

Last week I saw my first BMSB on a ripening tomato (my third tomato of this terrible tomato season) and Sat and Sun afternoon I had to breakout and reassemble my wet/dry vac to suck 30 -40 off the southwest side of my house as they landed about 3-4 foot high and began their ascent towards the peak. They began to fly in between 2 and 5 pm. These bugs seemed bigger than those I vac ed last year and I wonder if they are the adults from those that emerged when we had that early spring warm up? And may be there will be a second or third wave of those who emerged later in spring?

And where were they all season? And, do the ones trying to gain entry to our homes as the days shorten and cool go in and out of their shelter to feed? Or are they in for the season? Or have they found better shelter nextdoor or in a dead standing oak tree?

How are the rest of you fairing? Remember that they are attracted to yellow and lights on. Pic is of egg clusters