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The importance of outdoor stink bug trapping in spring
Jeff in Charlottesville, VA wanted to be proactive this year about his stink bug problem. He has a good amount of property and a large vegetable garden that has been plagued with stink bugs over the past few years. He started using the RESCUE!® Stink Bug Trap in mid-March. Things were slow for the first several weeks, but then the trap catch picked up as the stink bugs started to emerge and go outdoors. By late April, he had caught over 400 stink bugs -- including over 200 in the trap that was in his maple tree!
Insect populations grow exponentially. A single female stink bug can lay up to 400 eggs in one season. So the mind-boggling thing is that if these adult stink bugs had been left alone to mate, Jeff could be looking at thousands of baby stink bugs being hatched in his yard very soon. His garden would be overrun in short order, and by fall there could be tens of thousands of stink bugs trying to get inside his house.
What's your approach to stink bug control: Trap them preemptively, or hope they go away... and panic when they appear en masse on the side of your house in September?
Insect populations grow exponentially. A single female stink bug can lay up to 400 eggs in one season. So the mind-boggling thing is that if these adult stink bugs had been left alone to mate, Jeff could be looking at thousands of baby stink bugs being hatched in his yard very soon. His garden would be overrun in short order, and by fall there could be tens of thousands of stink bugs trying to get inside his house.
What's your approach to stink bug control: Trap them preemptively, or hope they go away... and panic when they appear en masse on the side of your house in September?
Post Date:
May 17, 2013
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RESCUE, stink bug trap, Stink Bugs
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Spring gardening, beneficial insects and stink bugs
I'll take "Non-toxic pest control" for $500, Alex.
Answer: The RESCUE!® Stink Bug Trap.
Question: What does organic gardening guru Doug Oster of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, NewsRadio KDKA-AM, and KDKA-TV's "Pittsburgh Today Live" use and recommend for controlling stink bugs?
Answer: The RESCUE!® Stink Bug Trap.
Question: What does organic gardening guru Doug Oster of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, NewsRadio KDKA-AM, and KDKA-TV's "Pittsburgh Today Live" use and recommend for controlling stink bugs?
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April 29, 2013
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Insects do the darnedest things!
The insect world fascinates us. It should, as we study insects every day. In our R&D lab, we can extract secrets such as what scents insects like or dislike, and what they respond to visually.
But we like to see what else is out there. Here are a few recent examples showing what insects do naturally, and what they can be "trained" to do.
Here's a video showing paper wasps in super-slow motion. One is taking water droplets back to the nest to cool it, and the other two are guarding the nest entrance. You can really see the legs dangling down when they fly -- which is one big characteristic that distinguishes them from yellowjackets.
And then we have the tweeting houseflies. That's right -- houseflies have been "trained" to use Twitter. The flies are housed in an acrylic sphere, along with a computer keyboard. When they land on a key, it's entered into a Twitter text box -- and when it reaches 140 characters or a fly presses "Enter", it sends a tweet under the account @flycolony.
But we like to see what else is out there. Here are a few recent examples showing what insects do naturally, and what they can be "trained" to do.
Here's a video showing paper wasps in super-slow motion. One is taking water droplets back to the nest to cool it, and the other two are guarding the nest entrance. You can really see the legs dangling down when they fly -- which is one big characteristic that distinguishes them from yellowjackets.
And then we have the tweeting houseflies. That's right -- houseflies have been "trained" to use Twitter. The flies are housed in an acrylic sphere, along with a computer keyboard. When they land on a key, it's entered into a Twitter text box -- and when it reaches 140 characters or a fly presses "Enter", it sends a tweet under the account @flycolony.
fly tweet from david bowen on Vimeo.
Post Date:
April 22, 2013
A pound of cure for your stink bug problem
In this story on KDKA-TV, "Handy" Andy Amrhein again emphasizes the importance of taking action in spring against stink bugs to prevent larger problems in summer and fall. April begins a critical time to trap stink bugs outdoors.
Post Date:
April 9, 2013
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Andy Amrhein, Evey True Value Hardware, Handy Andy, KDKA-TV, Pittsburgh, stink bug trap, Stink Bugs
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Expert tips for controlling stink bugs
Andy Amrhein of Evey True Value Hardware -- known in Western Pennsylvania as "Handy Andy" -- shares tips for controlling stink bugs around your home on KDKA's "Pittsburgh Today Live". He says the key is trapping them outdoors in April before they mate and multiply. If you wait until September when they're on your home, it's too late!
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April 4, 2013
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