So you’ve run out of vodka and gone straight for the paint thinner. Time to find that Mr. Yuck sticker…

Terro is not working, and they laugh at the hammer.

a can of lysol and a lighter ought to do the trick. just keep the phone handy.

Aaaaaghhh!! That is the most frightening alien monster ever, & I’ve been trying to erase it from my memory for over 40 yrs. Thanks. A lot.

At least it’s not a cock-a-roach invasion.

Now I can finally put a face to HumboldtBlue.

Play a recording of Pam Geller a few times. Either they’ll go or you’ll go.

Use vinegar as a barrier.  Wherever you see them entering lay down a thin line of vinegar and let it dry.  They will not cross that line.  (Apparently it messes with their internal radar and will not allow them to follow the “leads” they leave for each other on their quest for whatever).

Is that an ant?

Is that an ant?

Congratulations, “Zanti”—you’re the first word ever to thwart my BAD PUN SKILLZ.

I take some solace in the fact that you’re not a real word.

I’ve been getting what appears to be these guys showing up inside the ninth floor unit of my Maryland (suburban DC) apartment, since (IIRC) December.

Those are stink bugs. How do I know? You’re in Maryland where they’ve become somewhat of a pest in the past few years. We started noticing them a few winters ago. The lil’ bastids like to come in from the cold and suck on your house plants. My guess, they’re getting in through a crack, like a not completely closed window.

They only stink in self-defense. I just remove them via the glass cup and piece of paper method. Apparently they regard bug spray as an aperitif.

Comment by meepmeep09 on 02/11/10 at 05:48 PM

Hey, thanks for that!  Those nasty things started swarming our house back in late summer and we’d seen a few around this winter and wondered WTF are these things.

Now to figure out how to get rid of ‘em.

Thanks for the ID on stink bugs. They’re definitely part of the my menagerie. Good thing I found out before I squeezed one, or tried to eat it.

I’m curious; what state do you live in?  I work in public relations for Terro, and might be able to help you win the war on these ants!

Thanks, Carolyn! I think it’s a Midwest/Northeast thing now.