Increasing in number over the past few decades, stink bugs have become more popular and well-known—or possibly “infamous”. From thepentatomidaefamily of pests, stink bugs are a mottled brown color with dark bands on their front wings. Their shape appears much like a shield and their size ranges between 12 and 17 millimeters long.Brown marmorated stink bugs are the most common type of stink bug and these little critters are drawn to warmth and light.In their search for warmth, stink bugs like to hang out on exterior walls of buildings in a sunbathing bunch, which is where they are often noticed first.Porch lights attract stink bugs to your home when it is dark outside and from there they search for nearby entry points into your warm home. The flat body shape of a stink bug means that they can slip into your home or other buildings through the tiniest cracks and crevices, holes in screens or other unprotected entry points.When the weather begins to get cold, stink bugs will try to get in...
