Stink Bug |
Stink bugs are becoming dangerous in the United States day by day. They do great harm of crops and plants. Brown Marmorated stink bugs are called invasive pest. It is very hard to get rid of them. Although its origin is Asia, but it visible all over the world. It entered into USA in 1990 and now they become a matter great tension.
How To Identify Stink Bugs?
Brown
Marmorated stink bugs are 14 mm to 17 mm long, have shield on the back, and color is mottled
brown. They have antennas with alternating broad bands of light and dark color.
Their abdomen also has dark and light bands.
Destructive Capacity of Stink Bugs
Stink
bugs are very destructive. They attack both fruits and vegetables. They like
apple, corn, pears, grapes, lima beans, peepers, tomatoes, apricots, etc. They
make fruit and vegetables unmarketable. They do a great harm of farmers by
destroying their products.
Getting
rid of stink bug is very difficult, because we don't have sufficient number
of effective pesticides for controlling this newly introduced pest.
How to Prevent Them From Entering Into Our House?
Stink
bugs are very disgusting. They have very bad smell. Like most people, I also
hate them very much. You can resist them
form entering into your house by caulking windows, installing door sweeps, raking away
all debris, securing crawlspace entries, etc. You also should cover the top of
fireplace chimney with a fine mesh screen.
When all of your efforts will fail, then you will have to call an exterminator. They can handle severe infestations of stink bugs. They have good collection of pesticides and also specified tools.
When all of your efforts will fail, then you will have to call an exterminator. They can handle severe infestations of stink bugs. They have good collection of pesticides and also specified tools.
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