tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3942007593478726390.post1407665798655997033..comments2023-10-22T09:27:47.213-04:00Comments on It Just Comes Naturally: Depair in a Glass CoffinScotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04443352705506509732noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3942007593478726390.post-63034847206704238482011-02-12T09:27:09.730-05:002011-02-12T09:27:09.730-05:00Thanks, Eye for Texas. Tomorrow, we're suppos...Thanks, Eye for Texas. Tomorrow, we're supposed to get temperatures topping 50 degrees, so I won't have to fret about the fate of my stinkbugs; I'll put them out, and then they're on their own!Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04443352705506509732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3942007593478726390.post-60154359046860194412011-02-11T19:40:26.387-05:002011-02-11T19:40:26.387-05:00Beautiful post. It's hard to sympathize with a...Beautiful post. It's hard to sympathize with a stink bug, but you have risen to the task wonderfully!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08540549975628487855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3942007593478726390.post-79633228070391682692011-02-08T10:06:15.285-05:002011-02-08T10:06:15.285-05:00Jain, as I replied to Westernstock, even houseflie...Jain, as I replied to Westernstock, even houseflies elicit this response, and they sometimes show up in the winter, too, along with an occasional sleepy wasp.<br /><br />I definitely go out of my way to dispatch non-native's too, but I just can't seem to work up the nerve to kill these poor bugs in the house in the winter.<br /><br />And, incidentally, though they're called stink bugs and they do emit a pungent odor when severely manhandled (the native bugs seem much more prone to releasing their defenses then the brown marmorateds), I actually like the odor - it smells citrus-y and fresh to me; Kali thinks I'm nuts.Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04443352705506509732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3942007593478726390.post-64442849017412651802011-02-08T10:00:08.522-05:002011-02-08T10:00:08.522-05:00Thank you, Westernstock. Even pesky native housef...Thank you, Westernstock. Even pesky native houseflies elicit this response in me.Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04443352705506509732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3942007593478726390.post-67475249147969527412011-02-08T09:57:09.816-05:002011-02-08T09:57:09.816-05:00Ray, I'm sure that Sadie Mae doesn't &quo...Ray, I'm sure that Sadie Mae doesn't "bug" you as much as these northern stink bugs bother most neat-freaks around here. The native stink bugs almost never find their way into the house, but these new imports are insidious.Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04443352705506509732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3942007593478726390.post-30705855052623023612011-02-07T19:42:42.157-05:002011-02-07T19:42:42.157-05:00Aww, that's quite a compassionate post. Thoug...Aww, that's quite a compassionate post. Though I consider myself a softie, I'm a bit of a hard@ss about non-natives. You're right, though, being stuck between a rock and hard place is a cruel place to be.Jainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10690696808699122828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3942007593478726390.post-42362388914767745102011-02-07T18:06:44.398-05:002011-02-07T18:06:44.398-05:00A nice piece of empathetic writingA nice piece of empathetic writingWesternstockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11251271999023783222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3942007593478726390.post-1286294662345086442011-02-07T15:55:47.270-05:002011-02-07T15:55:47.270-05:00We have stink bugs down here to. I really do not c...We have stink bugs down here to. I really do not care for them. I have to say I am lucky the I do not have bugs in my house, except Sadie Mea the dog. She does get on my nerves at times. Other than that I am bug free.<br /><br />RayRay's Cowboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12889394191778083164noreply@blogger.com