Polar vortex chill exterminated 95 percent of stink bugs.

ChrisK · February 21, 2014

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/...va-tech-study/

I hope the American cockroach population here went down as well...darn things are big enough to carry off small children and pets around here.

kath · February 21, 2014

That IS encouraging!

Hermitian · February 22, 2014

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I hope the American cockroach population here went down as well...darn things are big enough to carry off small children and pets around here.

If you walk down the hall to the geology department, I believe you can find some fossilized remains of cockroaches up to 1 meter in length.

Tom A To · February 22, 2014

There is an upside to everything, even hurricanes.

I'm glad we don't have cockroaches around here. As a young man, I repaired electronics shipped to me from all over and sometimes cockroaches would jump out when I opened the covers. I buttoned the units back up and returned them, unrepaired.

Hermitian · February 22, 2014

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Once you see the bandwagon, it's too late.

So true!

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http://www.goldfinch-acres.com/

Thanks, really enjoy it.

Worth1 · February 22, 2014

The only thing I see this year is really small crab spiders, no bugs.

Worth

ginger2778 · February 22, 2014

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The only thing I see this year is really small crab spiders, no bugs.

Worth

Man, we really need a freeze here! Just one.

Marsha

tjg911 · February 22, 2014

so i have 2 observations.

1. why wouldn't the cold have killed beneficials too? that knife probably cuts both ways.

2. so 5% survived. the good news is there will be far less stink bugs around this year and that's a good thing. the bad news is those 5% that survived, well they will breed and guess what? yep those that hatch may well have inherited the ability to withstand sub zero temperatures too.

just filled with wonderful observations and pleasant news today.

tom

jpayne · February 22, 2014

They didn't die. I swear they're all hiding in my shed.

Hermitian · February 22, 2014

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They didn't die. I swear they're all hiding in my shed.

gssgarden · February 22, 2014

Let's hope so!! They did a number late in the season on my toms!!

It would be nice to keep this going as the summer goes along and see if we notice a difference!

Greg

kath · February 24, 2014

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That IS encouraging!

I was optimistic until this morning when I saw (and killed) a BMSB on the OUTSIDE of a window on the back of the house. What the heck?

tjg911 · February 24, 2014

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I was optimistic until this morning when I saw (and killed) a BMSB on the OUTSIDE of a window on the back of the house. What the heck?

terminate them with extreme prejudice kath!

tom

Fred Hempel · February 24, 2014

I think unseasonably cold weather killed most of our cucumber beetles...

**Lee** · February 25, 2014

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2. so 5% survived. the good news is there will be far less stink bugs around this year and that's a good thing. the bad news is those 5% that survived, well they will breed and guess what? yep those that hatch may well have inherited the ability to withstand sub zero temperatures too.

I would argue the survivors are probably more a function of "right place, right time" than any genetic predisposition to surviving cold.

Lee

February 21, 2014	#1
ChrisK Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Raleigh, NC Posts: 1,448	Polar vortex chill exterminated 95 percent of stink bugs. http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/...va-tech-study/ I hope the American cockroach population here went down as well...darn things are big enough to carry off small children and pets around here. __________________ Blog: chriskafer.wordpress.com Ignorance more frequently begets knowledge: it is those who know little, and not those who know much, who so positively assert that this or that problem will never be solved by science. --Charles Darwin

February 22, 2014	#4
Tom A To Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: Pilot Hill, Ca. Posts: 307	There is an upside to everything, even hurricanes. I'm glad we don't have cockroaches around here. As a young man, I repaired electronics shipped to me from all over and sometimes cockroaches would jump out when I opened the covers. I buttoned the units back up and returned them, unrepaired. __________________ -Dennis Audios, Tomatoville. Posted my final post and time to move on.

February 22, 2014	#8
tjg911 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: zone 5b northwest connecticut Posts: 2,570	so i have 2 observations. 1. why wouldn't the cold have killed beneficials too? that knife probably cuts both ways. 2. so 5% survived. the good news is there will be far less stink bugs around this year and that's a good thing. the bad news is those 5% that survived, well they will breed and guess what? yep those that hatch may well have inherited the ability to withstand sub zero temperatures too. just filled with wonderful observations and pleasant news today. tom __________________ I need a hero I’m holding out for a hero ‘til the end of the night He’s gotta be strong And he’s gotta be fast And he’s gotta be fresh from the fight I need a hero I’m holding out for a hero ‘til the morning light He’s gotta be sure And it’s gotta be soon And he’s gotta be larger than life

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February 21, 2014	#2
kath Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: zone 6b, PA Posts: 5,664	That IS encouraging!

February 22, 2014	#6
Worth1 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Den of Drunken Fools Posts: 38,539	The only thing I see this year is really small crab spiders, no bugs. Worth

February 22, 2014	#9
jpayne Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: North Carolina Posts: 14	They didn't die. I swear they're all hiding in my shed.

February 22, 2014	#11
gssgarden Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: N.C. Posts: 1,827	Let's hope so!! They did a number late in the season on my toms!! It would be nice to keep this going as the summer goes along and see if we notice a difference! Greg

February 24, 2014	#14
Fred Hempel Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Sunol, CA Posts: 2,723	I think unseasonably cold weather killed most of our cucumber beetles...