On 10/26/2010 8:53 AM, Bill who putters wrote:
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On 10/25/2010 11:31 AM, Absolutely Contrary Mary wrote:
OK, I know that they enter a period of dormancy in the winter, but on
sunny days they can be active. Even at night they may be attracted to
lights in your home. When they have these temporary active periods,
what do they feed on? They need food for energy, but we do not have
house plants and I have never seen them on the fresh fruits we keep on
the kitchen counter. Researched the web but could find no answer to
this specific question. Thanks

Besides what other poster referenced, I've seen them on my pepper plants
and chestnut trees. Here in northern DE, their invasion is getting
worse and rest of country will see joy in having them around in years to
come.

http://thurly.net/07u2

Or

http://books.google.com/books?id=aD0...A27&dq=stink+b
ug+popcorn+vietnamese&source=bl&ots=&sig=baBnQfOhf RzmEguiaM6K-gpRROI&hl=e
n&ei=1s3GTPeXI4Sdlgf9p7DpAQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct =result&resnum=4&ved=0C
B4Q6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=stink%20bug%20popcorn%20viet namese&f=false

I pick them up by hand. They don't sting and they move slow. Have
stunned them with a fly swatter but no need to.

Any harm to them, they do stink. Out in the woods lately, they've
crawled under my collar and removing them, they stink.

Point of my post is that their entry point was around Allentown PA a few
years ago and they are going to spread out in coming years and become a
real pest in the rest of the country.

Right now, they're trying to come into houses to survive winter. In
spring they become constant PITA trying to get out.