Stink Bugs on the window-frame,
Stink Bugs on the door
(Nobody knows why they came),
Stink Bugs on the floor.
Stink Bugs crawling up the wall,
Stink Bugs in the nook
(These insects will defeat us all),
Stink Bugs reading books.
Stink Bugs crawling up the plants
Stink Bugs on the lace
(Check your bedspread, check your pants),
Stink bugs thrive in every space.
Brown Marmorated Stink Bug
Is its proper name.
Town operator Stink Bugs
Of immigration fame.
Stink Bugs came from Asia,
Arrived in Allentown
(And this is what’ll really faze ya):
Before the 90’s, weren’t around.
Now their creepy-crawly reek
Gets Mid-Atlantic grouses.
Better hope your nose is weak:
They winter in our houses.
They feed on crops and wreck the price
(Never squish them – oh, the smell),
They’ve got no aspects that are nice:
They’re olfactory and farming hell.
We’ve seen the mighty Stink Bug
Annoy us coast to coast.
The mean and flighty Stink Bug
Is not the bug I hate the most.
But it’s close.
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Tags: Brown Marmorated Stink Bug, Centipede, Stink bug, Where do stink bugs come from
June 23, 2011 at 1:09 am |
I used to have lots of the house centipedes; they would show up on walls and in bathrooms and scare us all, even though they’re not dangerous, just REALLY ugly.
I gave up eventually and got an exterminator. Once a month, or less frequently, and none now. Nada. Zip. All gone. Aaaaah!
June 23, 2011 at 1:12 am |
I’m sure the spike in heart rate they cause is dangerous.
How much did the exterminator cost?
June 23, 2011 at 1:14 am |
I believe it’s about $30 per month. It includes, in my case, inside and outside to keep other kinds of critters and bugs and horrors from getting in. Instead of every month, it’s probably about 9 times per year. Less in winter, more in bug season (defined as “not winter”).
June 23, 2011 at 1:19 am |
Thanks for several large smiles.
June 23, 2011 at 1:21 am |
I hear they’re not quite so much of a plague on the west coast yet. May you yet remain relatively free.
June 23, 2011 at 9:02 am |
What a riot! At least centipedes can’t fly, although climbing walls and falling on you is pretty bad. BUT I’m sure YOU can smell them even before they are squished.
June 23, 2011 at 9:07 am |
you’re right – I should count my blessings that at least centipedes are relatively earth-bound.
Many’s the time I’ve flown at an imminent would-be stink bug squisher screaming “don’t squish that!!” It’s as if some people still don’t know the consequence…
June 23, 2011 at 9:57 am |
awesome
June 23, 2011 at 10:43 am |
Due to having that ungodly Synnestvedt sense of smell, I long ago perfected my S. bug disposal method. I loathe how primordial they are, and how impervious to their own hideousness.
June 23, 2011 at 8:46 pm |
Please share any and all methods for tolerable disposal.
“Impervious to their own hideousness”! HA! love it
June 23, 2011 at 10:53 am |
They’re definitely around. But they’re not a plague. What’s more, I don’t remember them being around the first several years I was here.
June 23, 2011 at 8:45 pm |
They probably weren’t! I feel as if I’ve always been living covered in stink bugs but they are relatively recent arrivals to the US.
June 28, 2011 at 1:47 am |
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