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I am not sure if I agree. Outdoors, they were worse than ever this year, attacking a lot of my fruit. Indoors, there are way fewer, but I did get new windows a while ago, so maybe they weren't able to get in. I definitely have a lot fewer of them inside.
I guess everyone's mileage varies but in 2012 they *were* biblical and near biblical in 2010. One day in Oct. 2012 I tried an experiment, patrolling around the outside of the house on-and-off over an 8-hour period with a fly swatter. Swatted over 2,600 of them. 2011 wasn't so bad and 2013 was the lightest since they appeared here,
I did notice they weren't as bad this fall than last year. Other than one flying into my pants pocket while on a walk back in October, I never had to swat or pluck any of them off me. Also at my job, I didn't see even close to half as I did last year of them congregating by our side door. We have had mostly cooler than average temps this fall, so I think that has kept their numbers down.
I did notice they weren't as bad this fall than last year. Other than one flying into my pants pocket while on a walk back in October, I never had to swat or pluck any of them off me. Also at my job, I didn't see even close to half as I did last year of them congregating by our side door. We have had mostly cooler than average temps this fall, so I think that has kept their numbers down.
I'm not sure if the temperature has any impact on them, but we had a very rainy spring and summer by normal standards here so that may have had an effect too. We had close to the same as last year, not more as expected, but we also had far more of the nonnative ladybugs and kudzubugs looking for hiding spots this fall.
Some indigenous birds are apparently getting a taste for aromatic cuisine: HoCo360: Stink Bugs for Dinner. I know that my ducks love gypsy moths and gypsy moth eggs - too bad I can't train them to climb trees!
Sometimes it just takes time for our indigenous species to get a taste for the imported new species. Hopefully that is why we are seeing fewer this year.
Some indigenous birds are apparently getting a taste for aromatic cuisine: HoCo360: Stink Bugs for Dinner. I know that my ducks love gypsy moths and gypsy moth eggs - too bad I can't train them to climb trees!
Sometimes it just takes time for our indigenous species to get a taste for the imported new species. Hopefully that is why we are seeing fewer this year.
That is WONDERFUL news. Now I need to see what I can plant in my yard that may be especially appealing to these birds.
Back in early October when we had that warm weather, they were beyond awful. There could have been 100 in total outside the house on the bug screens. Haven't seen any in 6 weeks or so. They're probably all hibernating and ready to come back in full force come spring.
Back in early October when we had that warm weather, they were beyond awful. There could have been 100 in total outside the house on the bug screens. Haven't seen any in 6 weeks or so. They're probably all hibernating and ready to come back in full force come spring.
Here, too, in midstate Delaware. No slow-down until about 6 weeks ago. Yesterday, I saw one crawling across my kitchen floor.
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Just kidding!
