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It seems the recent infestation in this area of brown marmalated stink bugs from asia have found their way to my little part of the country, and into my house. I am finding quite a few every day.
On the same page I have a link for here, if you scroll down, there is another similar but called a Bronchymena. Actually, I'm not sure which of the two I have here, but they are very similar.
The cats seems quite taken by them and love to track them all over the house (yes they fly) until I discover it and try to get it. They are big (about 3/4 inch plus legs and antenna), dark and super, super gross.
(You can see it here, the second picture down)
http://www.whatsthatbug.com/stink.html
The worst thing about them is if they are threatened they excrete a foul smelling substance (RockyRockette stuck his nose on one before I realized what he was doing, and it made him jump up 3 feet in the air and about 5 feet across the room -- backwards. It would have been funnier if it wasn't so gross. And, of course, he went right back for more.
I have looked and looked, and although they are not harmful to human (their biggest danger is crops), I could find nothing about their effects on domestic animals, like cats.
It also seems that once they're in, they're in, nesting in old wood window trims, etc (and my place is owned by a slum lord who won't fix anything -- yes I'm trying to leave but it will take time). Because of their strong shield-like outside, even sprays don't kill them. I hit one with 1/4 can once to no avail.
Gross as they are, I'm mostly concerned for the cats. Anyone know if there is any danger?
I tried to do a little research, but I'm getting really skittish, I do not deal with bugs well.
On the same page I have a link for here, if you scroll down, there is another similar but called a Bronchymena. Actually, I'm not sure which of the two I have here, but they are very similar.
The cats seems quite taken by them and love to track them all over the house (yes they fly) until I discover it and try to get it. They are big (about 3/4 inch plus legs and antenna), dark and super, super gross.
(You can see it here, the second picture down)
http://www.whatsthatbug.com/stink.html
The worst thing about them is if they are threatened they excrete a foul smelling substance (RockyRockette stuck his nose on one before I realized what he was doing, and it made him jump up 3 feet in the air and about 5 feet across the room -- backwards. It would have been funnier if it wasn't so gross. And, of course, he went right back for more.
I have looked and looked, and although they are not harmful to human (their biggest danger is crops), I could find nothing about their effects on domestic animals, like cats.
It also seems that once they're in, they're in, nesting in old wood window trims, etc (and my place is owned by a slum lord who won't fix anything -- yes I'm trying to leave but it will take time). Because of their strong shield-like outside, even sprays don't kill them. I hit one with 1/4 can once to no avail.
Gross as they are, I'm mostly concerned for the cats. Anyone know if there is any danger?
I tried to do a little research, but I'm getting really skittish, I do not deal with bugs well.