Help Identifying a bug....

[spilot]

Can someone identify the insect in this picture?



What is it...and why am I continually getting them in my house?



Is there a way to get rid of them and keep them from coming back?



Thanks!

[ciervo]

Its a bug, shield bug or stink bug. Hemiptera.
They have a strawlike mouth and are harmless to humans. You must have a plant they are feeding on nearby and they must be walking or flying into your place.

[spilot]

>>a bug, shield bug or stink bug. Hemiptera<<

Really? I never see it near food or plants (mostly on curtains)

I have never seen them fly.

They seem pretty slow and rarely move unless I poke at them.

How can I get rid of them? How can I keep them away?

Thanks for your help!

[ciervo]

Mar 27, 2018 5:05:59 GMT spilot said:

>>a bug, shield bug or stink bug. Hemiptera<<

Really? I never see it near food or plants (mostly on curtains)

I have never seen them fly.

They seem pretty slow and rarely move unless I poke at them.

How can I get rid of them? How can I keep them away?

Thanks for your help!

If you're in the northern hemisphere, they could be overwintering. Hence why they're slow. I apreciate and collect insects, so cannot advice you on how to rid of them. You're on your own there.

[jmg]

About these bugs :

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heteroptera

From the page : desinsectisation.ooreka.fr/fiche/voir/484905/comment-se-debarrasser-des-punaises

Make the difference between wood bugs and bed bugs

Recognize wood bugs

Wood bugs or fields (Palomena prasina) are flying insects that live in the open air and winter under rubbish in the garden or in the woods. It may happen, however, that some take refuge in winter in your dwelling.

Flat-shaped, slightly curved, wood bugs measure about 12 mm. There are several species of different colors: brown, green, or red and black.

Far from being thirsty for human blood, such as bedbugs, wood bugs are absolutely harmless for humans and animals alike: they feed exclusively on the sap of plants, fruits or vegetables.

Recognize bed bugs

Bedbugs (Cimex lecularius) are creeping insects that live all year round inside houses. They have a strong predilection for bedrooms, hence their name, and like to sneak into the mattress seams. Flattened, they measure at most 8 mm and are brown in color.

Insect piercing and sucking, bedbugs sting the night sleeper immobile in bed and suck his blood. According to the people, the reactions are weak to intense, with often intolerable pimples, swelling and itching.

The big problem is that just a single female bedbug accidentally brought home to give rise very quickly to an infestation which is very difficult to get rid of.

[chrisw]

Are you in the U.S.? This looks to be the Marmorated Stink Bug (Halyomorpha halys). You are seeing these now because the weather is warming with the coming of spring. They hide in cracks in the siding of houses or your soffits. They come out on sunny days and when the weather gets warm. As the weather gets warmer they will disperse. They are more of a nuisance than anything, but can cause damage to fruit and vegetable crops.

[spilot]

Thanks for the info....

Is there any way to keep them out of the house, besides sealing all holes, which is a given.

Is there a foundation spray or something?

Is there any kind of homespun trap (like the famous fruit fly home trap? tinyurl.com/y8dm2mb9 ) I can use to get them out of the house?

[ciervo]

Mar 29, 2018 5:28:20 GMT spilot said:

Thanks for the info....

Is there any way to keep them out of the house, besides sealing all holes, which is a given.

Is there a foundation spray or something?

Is there any kind of homespun trap (like the famous fruit fly home trap? tinyurl.com/y8dm2mb9 ) I can use to get them out of the house?

No

Just vacuum them up if you must. Surely you don't have that many.