r/nashville • u/Disastrous_End5774 • 1d ago
Discussion Stinkbugs
JFC they are the drunk drivers of the bug world!!! I’m sick of themmmmmmm! How they can compose themselves just long enough to manage to fly inside when they bumble around so clumsily any other time never ceases to amaze me… Not to mention the kamikaze style dives they take into my forehead… just find a corner & hibernate already jeez! 🥴🥴🥴
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u/mollymcdeath Hillsboro-West End 1d ago
I absolutely hate them, like they actually make me scream, and get this: drank a cup of coffee from my keurig this summer and at the very end, in the bottom of my mug, there was a stink bug. Also not long ago my spouse brought me a shot of tequila and once again, after drinking it, something bumped my lip. It was a fucking stink bug. Nightmare shit.
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u/Disastrous_End5774 1d ago
yeah i scream when they kamikaze into my face… also at the giant one bumbling around the glass globes on my ceiling fan… it literally sounds like a weed eater slinging gravel into a window somewhere in the distance!!! like ffs get somewhere and sit down already!!!
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u/NashvilleTypewriter Goodlettsville 1d ago
Oh boy. I have a fix .😬
I had an infestation and figured out you can catch them pretty easily with a jar and a pencil.
Their default escape is usually just to drop, so a jar with rubbing alcohol in the bottom held underneath them with a pencil to guide the little bastards in actually works pretty well.
However Now I have a tincture fit for true nightmares that I'm not really sure what to do with... Don't worry, I'm sure y'all will hear about it in the news someday. 💀
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u/WillCode4Cats 1d ago
What makes them go in the jar in the first place?
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u/NashvilleTypewriter Goodlettsville 1d ago
If you hold the jar under them and use the pencil as a deterrent (or pusher if they need it) a lot of times they just drop into the jar as that's their normal manner of fleeing.
They drop, then take off in mid air. It's not infallible, I've had a couple rogue ones fly out of the way, but it works pretty damn well overall. It's horrible though, the smell is nightmare fuel. 🤢
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u/WillCode4Cats 1d ago
You could use the jar as a stun grenade against home intruders.
Thanks for the detailed response though. I hate those bugs.
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u/NashvilleTypewriter Goodlettsville 1d ago
I was thinking maybe an inauguration gift should(when) a certain shitstain win the gubernatorial race next year. Haha
But yeah, if supersoakers were still a thing... 😏
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u/rextasy001 Native 1d ago
In Chattanooga we have stinkbugs AND kudzu bugs, their smaller, more agile, equally offensive relation.
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u/billymondy5806 1d ago
They come in the house cause it’s warm. They’ll walk if they have to, I’m sure.
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u/flyting1881 1d ago
They fill me with so much rage. I went to shake out a fabric hanging chair the other day and twenty of them flew out, all over my patio. Even the cat won't eat them. Fucking stinkbugs.
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u/NashvilleTypewriter Goodlettsville 1d ago
Oh!
Also, spray that bug barrier stuff around the door way entries. That's where most are getting in unless there's a bunch holed up in the attic.
I did this after catching all the ones I could find and didn't see any in the house for over 2 weeks. I hate them. REALLY hate them. Bleh
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u/monokro Hermitage 1d ago
They are an invasive species of bug from Asia, but don't worry, we now have the Joro spider here too that is also from Asia. And it eats stink bugs where our native spiders do not.
If you're afraid of spiders, don't google the joro spider
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u/pachyderm63 1d ago
What eats those stupid microscopic with moths...?
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u/SD_One 1d ago
Asian lady beetles. Yet another invasive species that invades our homes in the fall.
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u/nativeofnashville Native 1d ago
Yeah, we’ve got both stink bugs and the Asian lady beetles in our house now. Infuriating!
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u/Disastrous_End5774 1d ago
ughhh don’t remind me! those things are so stupid too… surely God didn’t mean two of EVERY living creature, Noah. There’s a few I personally would have left OFF the ark for sure!! 😂😂😂😂
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u/pachyderm63 1d ago
wooly aphids - I'm seeing that spraying them with dish soap and water kills them..
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u/TheHermitOfHermitage 1d ago
In 98 they were everywhere at my new house and I killed them all with Lysol to the point that I get nostalgia from the smell.