What is the difference between a kamikaze warrior and a stink bug?
Both will swoop down from the sky to slam an object on the ground, but the only difference is that while the kamikaze warrior is willing to die, we want the stink bugs to die.
In fact, one of the hallmarks of stink bugs is that they know how to make an entrance on the scene: they will swoop down from high above and impact with a particular object or surface on the ground, as if preparing for an attack. kamikaze attack. (It’s not uncommon for stink bugs to die in the process of doing this, but typically most stink bugs survive the process.)
Many people consider stink bugs more annoying than any other typical household insect. Unlike flies, mosquitoes, and ants, they have a distinctively “reptilian” appearance, considering their entire back is covered in a protective exoskeleton shell. What makes them such an annoying nuisance is that they are apparently stubborn and resilient when it comes to seeking shelter in a warm place. They will literally stop at nothing to do whatever it takes to get inside the protective confines of your home, no matter what it takes. They are instinctively programmed to look for warm places to hide during the fall and winter seasons, and unfortunately for us humans, our homes are considered prime real estate for them to seek shelter during these cold seasons.
Why do they seem to come out of nowhere? You could be minding your own business, sitting at a desk, sitting at a table, or cooking dinner in the kitchen, and then all of a sudden, out of the blue, without warning, you hear a unique hum. , and then bam! A stink bug will appear suddenly, having made an abrupt and hard impact on the surface after a crash landing, kamikaze style, from a higher surface or from a ceiling, wall or overhead air duct. (Stink bugs make buzzing sounds, similar to those of the common housefly, but a little louder.)
In fact, they are extremely hardy creatures. It’s like a bad horror movie: you see a bug in the house and kill it, only to find another bug in the house that day or a few days after it has taken its place. If it looks like your home is being invaded by stink bugs, then it’s definitely time to take some sort of action to do something about it and take the necessary preventative steps to prevent future infestations as well.
Once they gain access to your home, you will usually find them lingering and loitering around windows, windowsills, doors, skylights, cracks, cracks, or gaps in walls, or near abundant light sources in your home, such as lamps.
And if you haven’t already figured it out through first-hand experience, you should be aware of the fact that these insects can fly. Yes, indeed, stink bugs are flying insects. They may be creepy crawlers, but they are also insects. And one of their characteristics, as mentioned above, is that they sure know how to make an entrance in a room! Quite often, you’ll find stink bugs suddenly swooping down on a table or other surface, seemingly out of nowhere. Their arrival is preceded by a distinctive hum. Yes, they make a buzz when they fly. And then they will land with great force on the surface.
The way stink bugs enter a room, swooping down from above, is very similar to the way a WWII Japanese kamikaze pilot would swoop down from the sky, resulting in a surprise attack on the enemy. . Of course, the main difference between an actual Japanese kamikaze attack and a stinkbug’s kamikaze-style entry into the room is that the stinkbug does not do so with the intent to kill any prey, let alone commit suicide. (Japanese kamikaze air force pilots of yore were conditioned to perform these stunts with full knowledge and intent to engage in a suicide mission, for the greater good.)
It’s rather sadly ironic that these bugs are native to Japan, the nation that relied heavily on kamikaze dive bombers, and that these bugs also dive-bomb out of instinct. While other insects will make a graceful and soft landing on whatever surface they wish to perch on, stink bugs will very often “bomb” their way from one place to another, particularly from top to bottom.
For this reason, you should be very vigilant about protecting your home if you suspect or are aware of the fact that there is a population of these insects in your home. They do not discriminate or have any deliberate intent, there is no rhyme or reason as to where, why and how they choose their targets for dive bombing.
Many people will report that stink bugs have dove right into their pots while cooking in the kitchen, or that they will end up on their shirt. As for food, it is extremely important, for this reason, that you cover any food or refrigerate it, so that bedbugs cannot dive on these fruits and feed on them. Or they might even drop a bomb on your person, seemingly out of nowhere at random. If you suffer from entomophobia (fear of insects), this could certainly scare you.
The good news is that while the mere idea of stink bugs staging “kamikaze” style entrances into a room, you can actually take this kamikaze dive bombing behavior as well and turn it to your advantage as an effective means of kill stink bugs :
For example, you can set up insect traps to attract and lure them into the trap. They will be kamikaze right into the trap and can never get free. For example, one type of trap you might set up would consist of a light source next to a bowl of dish soap…. If the stink bug swoops toward the light source to seek its warmth and illumination, it will land on the plate, and when the dish soap comes in contact with the bug’s belly, it will poison it. (Dish soap is among a number of different household solutions that have been determined, through trial and error, to be lethal to stink bugs.)
There are other types of traps you can set up as well, but the use of dishwashing detergent has been shown to be extremely effective at paralyzing and killing these insects, for the most part. Other traps can be those that keep stink bugs confined to a box or container where they will eventually starve, suffocate, and die. Another type of trap could simply be a bug zapper, which kills the stink bug as soon as it comes in contact with the light source.
There is no way to stop stink bugs from dive bombing. It is in his nature. As stated above, their dive bombing does not appear to be deliberately directed towards any particular target, such as food or light, as they have been known to drop dive bombs directly onto people’s shirts or onto desks or tables, even though there is no food present.
So the best prevention in this case is to be prepared to deal with them and capture them when this dive bombing happens.
There are many ways to kill stink bugs. One way is to set them up when they engage in “kamikaze attacks.” While it is not always possible to predict when and where a stink bug might emerge and engage in this type of dive-bombing activity, it is possible to entice and tempt them into dive-bombing toward a light source, heat source, or fruit. fresh in which they thrive.