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Is it time to call Orkin?

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Into the Light said…
It depends on where he's taken up residence or if he's got friends. He doesn't look like he'd hurt you though....
2:45 PM
kenju said…
It just might be, Dave.....LOL

But if he flew in an open door, maybe not. If I only saw one, I wouldn't worry too much.
1:01 AM
Anonymous said…
EEEEKKKK!!!!
10:45 AM
Liz said…
Yuck.
6:36 PM
rennratt said…
Nope, it's time to buy a hammer.
8:39 PM
utenzi said…
I think you're right Teresa. I'll take Judy's advice and not worry about it.
9:22 PM
SassyAssy said…
Those bugs are stinky if killed--ewwww!
10:00 AM
utenzi said…
I had no idea, Sassy. I don't even know what kind of bug it is. It just looked interesting.
10:16 AM
SassyAssy said…
I have no idea what kind it is either, but killed bug = skunk smell.
12:20 PM
srp said…
That is the shape of a stink bug. But since my sinuses are long since pickled by formalin fumes and my sense of smell is gone until such time as I can find an ENT to laser them.... I don't care if he, she or it stinks. Hmm! Guess it would be a good time to go to Europe!

And now back to the boxes.
1:05 PM
rosemary said…
STINK BUG ALERT. They are nasty and if there is one there has to be two. They fly sideways as well...and buzz...nasty critters.
1:51 PM
Bobkat said…
I have no idea what a stink bug is but I guess the name says it all! It's pretty though.
3:18 PM
Nikki - Notes of Life said…
I don't know what/who Orkin is, but it may be time to call them! Ergh!
5:56 PM
Smug said…
I think that they are actually called Stink Bugs, we have them a lot around here too - if you start seeing more of them inside your place - call someone!!
6:19 PM
Anonymous said…
I agree with Smug in the name, stink bug. I've only ever seen them in raspberry canes. I bit into one when I was little. It was in the raspberries. It's defense is a really bitter taste.
9:02 AM
tiff said…
pentatomidae - note the 5-sided body, like a pentagon.

It's a hemipteran.

http://eny3005.ifas.ufl.edu/lab1/Hemiptera/Pentatomid.htm

Yeah, I took entomology back in the day. Caught a TON of these suckers for my collection too.
12:34 PM
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