Posted by Absolutely Contrary Mary on October 25, 2010, 11:31 am
OK, I know that they enter a period of dormancy in the winter, but on
sunny days they can be active. Even at night they may be attracted to
lights in your home. When they have these temporary active periods,
what do they feed on? They need food for energy, but we do not have
house plants and I have never seen them on the fresh fruits we keep on
the kitchen counter. Researched the web but could find no answer to
this specific question. Thanks
Posted by John McGaw on October 25, 2010, 3:59 pm
On 10/25/2010 11:31 AM, Absolutely Contrary Mary wrote:
> OK, I know that they enter a period of dormancy in the winter, but on
> sunny days they can be active. Even at night they may be attracted to
> lights in your home. When they have these temporary active periods,
> what do they feed on? They need food for energy, but we do not have
> house plants and I have never seen them on the fresh fruits we keep on
> the kitchen counter. Researched the web but could find no answer to
> this specific question. Thanks
http://insects.about.com/od/truebugs/p/Hhalys.htm
Posted by Frank on October 26, 2010, 8:43 am
On 10/25/2010 11:31 AM, Absolutely Contrary Mary wrote:
> OK, I know that they enter a period of dormancy in the winter, but on
> sunny days they can be active. Even at night they may be attracted to
> lights in your home. When they have these temporary active periods,
> what do they feed on? They need food for energy, but we do not have
> house plants and I have never seen them on the fresh fruits we keep on
> the kitchen counter. Researched the web but could find no answer to
> this specific question. Thanks
Besides what other poster referenced, I've seen them on my pepper plants
and chestnut trees. Here in northern DE, their invasion is getting
worse and rest of country will see joy in having them around in years to
come.
Posted by Bill who putters on October 26, 2010, 8:53 am
> On 10/25/2010 11:31 AM, Absolutely Contrary Mary wrote:
> > OK, I know that they enter a period of dormancy in the winter, but on
> > sunny days they can be active. Even at night they may be attracted to
> > lights in your home. When they have these temporary active periods,
> > what do they feed on? They need food for energy, but we do not have
> > house plants and I have never seen them on the fresh fruits we keep on
> > the kitchen counter. Researched the web but could find no answer to
> > this specific question. Thanks
>
> Besides what other poster referenced, I've seen them on my pepper plants
> and chestnut trees. Here in northern DE, their invasion is getting
> worse and rest of country will see joy in having them around in years to
> come.
<http://thurly.net/07u2>
Or
http://books.google.com/books?id=aD0VIjEyRsgC&pg=PA27&lpg=PA27&dq=stink+b
ug+popcorn+vietnamese&source=bl&ots=&sig=baBnQfOhfRzmEguiaM6K-gpRROI&hl=e
n&ei=1s3GTPeXI4Sdlgf9p7DpAQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved
B4Q6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=stink%20bug%20popcorn%20vietnamese&f=false
I pick them up by hand. They don't sting and they move slow. Have
stunned them with a fly swatter but no need to.
--
Bill S. Jersey USA zone 5 shade garden
http://www.informationisbeautiful.net/play/snake-oil-supplements/
Posted by BellaD on October 26, 2010, 9:28 pm
You should not smoosh a stink bug because the scent it lets off will
attract more of them.
> > On 10/25/2010 11:31 AM, Absolutely Contrary Mary wrote:
> > > OK, I know that they enter a period of dormancy in the winter, but on
> > > sunny days they can be active. Even at night they may be attracted to
> > > lights in your home. When they have these temporary active periods,
> > > what do they feed on? They need food for energy, but we do not have
> > > house plants and I have never seen them on the fresh fruits we keep on
> > > the kitchen counter. Researched the web but could find no answer to
> > > this specific question. Thanks
> > Besides what other poster referenced, I've seen them on my pepper plants
> > and chestnut trees. Here in northern DE, their invasion is getting
> > worse and rest of country will see joy in having them around in years to
> > come.
> <http://thurly.net/07u2>
> Or
> http://books.google.com/books?id=aD0VIjEyRsgC&pg=PA27&lpg=PA27&dq=sti ...
> ug+popcorn+vietnamese&source=bl&ots=&sig=baBnQfOhfRzmEguiaM6K-gpRROI&hl=e
> n&ei=1s3GTPeXI4Sdlgf9p7DpAQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0C
> B4Q6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=stink%20bug%20popcorn%20vietnamese&f=false
> I pick them up by hand. They don't sting and they move slow. Have
> stunned them with a fly swatter but no need to.
> --
> Bill S. Jersey USA zone 5 shade gardenhttp://www.informationisbeautifu=
l.net/play/snake-oil-supplem
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> sunny days they can be active. Even at night they may be attracted to
> lights in your home. When they have these temporary active periods,
> what do they feed on? They need food for energy, but we do not have
> house plants and I have never seen them on the fresh fruits we keep on
> the kitchen counter. Researched the web but could find no answer to
> this specific question. Thanks