No, you thilly thavage. :p:

It's a slightly different species of stinkbug, with stripy legs.

Stink bugs did not exist in N America until released by a container in Allentown PA in the 1990s. They were mostly ignored since they were thought to not be a problem. But the stink bug explosion is now a major threat to agriculture.

I didn't know this, never noticed that detail.

No, we've alway had stink bugs. You are you talking about the Pippi Longstocking variety, the Brown Marmorated variety HM referred to.

Not the ones that were transported from Asia to Allentown PA in the 1990s. And that are now a major concern to agriculture.

I have no idea what stink bug you have seen. I have never seen one. But around 2000, I was seeing this Asian stink bug in swarms. And had never seen it before.

sigh... that's what I just said. :rolleyes:
You must have been a city kid. stink bugs

Vampires are WAY easier to get rid of than bedbugs. One well-placed stake, maybe a beheading just to be sure, and you're all done.

Getting rid of bedbugs is serious work.

A month ago while camping I had my first encounter with the horrible creatures. A hundred or so bites, mostly in underwear region since it was the only place I didn't spray down with Deet. Please don't waste time asking personal questions about where they bit me, the answer would be yes. I had to take the steroid pack and doxycycline. Horrible expierence. Be afraid...be very afraid.

And yes, all clothes, sleeping bag, etc. were torched with fire and covered with lime and then covered with a foot of dirt, then sprayed down with methyl parathion. I shouldv'e thrown a clove of garlic on the pile for good measure.

Where did they come from, the sleeping bag?

Bed Bugs are becoming the next Cockroaches. Pesky little shits.