I miss windows the most.  Since we live in a basement I only have one window.  However I found a reason to be glad we live down here.

Stink bugs.

The higher up you go the more they are a pain.  The third floor gets bombarded with them. We do get them down here, but only half as bad.

Do you have stink bugs where you live?  They sound like bees when they fly.  They come in to hibernate when it gets cold and make their nasty way into everything.  You can’t just squish them when you see them because of the foul odor they spray.  The stink bugs will lay on the windowsill and look like they’re dead, but they are only in “suspended animation.”  All of a sudden they might start moving!

This Penn State article says that the stink bugs were accidently released in Pennsylvania.  Guess where they came from?  China.  Seriously.  It says they’re native to China, Japan, Korea and Taiwan.  Why do we get everything made in China?

In this article from U-Spray it mentions that their smell is to prevent them from getting eaten.  I guess so – considering our dog threw up after he ate one.  It also says the young grow to adulthood in 3 months so they can create another generation before the end of summer.  Just what I wanted to hear – not! They prefer to eat fruit, but will settle for vegetables.  If they can’t get vegetables they’ll eat other bugs.  They eat more than my kids will eat!

I’ll be glad when its summer and they stay outside – the bugs and the kids.