Pest Control Questions Answered

Expanded Question:

I live in northern new jersey. These bugs are octagon shaped with four legs.They lift the bug off the ground.Very thin but hard bodies. Very hard to kill(even don't drown) and stink.Like the warmth and come in all the time in summer.I think they get dormant in the cold.Need to know how to kill them. They show up everywhere.

Answer:

You seem to be talking about a true Stinkbug.  There are many specie and they all belong to a family of bugs known as Pentatomidae.  Pentatomids exude a strong odor which , when left on surfaces within walls or a house or inside, will continue to attract these creatures year after year.  Talk to a garden supplier about outdoor spraying of fruit trees and plants.  Stink bugs will cause major crop damage when left unchecked. 

They want to over-winter in warm protected places and will find ways to enter a house particularly from the South and West side of the building.  Window framing and entire siding can be sprayed with Cypermethrin in the late summer-early Fall.  Missing these opportunities, spray interior with Baygon spray, using a fine mist by pumping a sprayer until pumping becomes difficult.  Set the nozzle;e to fan or cone spray so that only a fine mist is released.  Spray walls, window sills, door framing, etc.  Use an insecticide called Deltamethrin in its powder formula.  Apply to cracks and voids with a hand duster such as a Getz duster or a Centro bulb.  Applying this material in window casings and other voids that these insects can reach will be very helpful.

Remember, you have to start somewhere, so there is no time like the present to begin.

Good luck,

George Manning
Consulting Entomologist