Is it love, or is it war?

[Kobione]

We still have literally hundreds of those Stink Bugs around the house, (outside, thank goodness!!!). They have started to collect into little groups, we suspect in the 'love' aspect as species preservation necessitates as our cooler weather moves in. These were just in a sunny spot on some planks:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Then I found this lot congregating under a pipe on our hot water tank:

 

 

 

Sorry, but we've had enough of them - please let it rain, then they might go away!!!

[JohnP]

Things are OK in moderation, but this is a bit over the top...

[annie]

oh my kobione....you have a lot of bugs there .... and making for good pictures, not sure i would would want so many around though!

 

what would happen if you hosed them down, would they clear of and find somewhere else?

[NannyFerret]

Yuk! But still good shots though.

[Phil]

Yikes! And we gripe about a few ants

[Kobione]

Thanks, all. Annie, we thought they had gone when we had a couple of cooler mornings, but yesterday we had nice sunshine and out they came again!! We were hoping to get rain, but we missed out again. If we sprayed them with the hose I guess they would only disappear for a short time, and we couldn't keep the spraying up for long - our water is down again

 

Phil, honestly, when I say 'hundreds' that is probably an underestimation!!!!!

[fuzzyedges]

Our insect life is just waking up but I am glad I dont wake up to them

Whats in the name Stink bug, do they??

[Kobione]

Yes, Fuzzy, they do if you squash them! They have an 'oily' feel about them, and this is what a bit of our wooden front step looks like, every spot has been left by a squashed bug, and has been there for weeks: 

 

 

 

Here is another group I spotted on my way in this arvo:

 

 

 

 

 

[Barbara]

Don't think I could cope with that and worst of all,they look rather large

[Kobione]

No, only small, Blackrox - about 5mm, but it's the numbers that are staggering. We have NEVER encounteredanything like this before, must be Nature working in some weird way

[FUJI]

Would they make a good stir- fry ?

FUJI

[Kobione]

YUK!!! Don't think they would give off enough oil to crisp yor chips, either, Fuji