Stink bugs?

[Gabrielle]

Hello friends.

Very random question. Can I feed my T a stink bug?

To be honest I just want all stink bugs to perish. Is that mean? Oh well.

 

[shutout2000]

ummm... I wouldn't think they would go after a "stink" bug. (Honestly, I don't know?)

 

[Gabrielle]

ummm... I wouldn't think they would go after a "stink" bug. (Honestly, I don't know?)

Yeah honestly, I just want to try it I just captured one that was in my house as I was doing work and thought....hmm.....can I sacrifice this to my curly hair

 

[KezyGLA]

.....can I sacrifice this to my curly hair

I wouldnt recommend it. It may be carrying something that could harm your T. Stick to CB feeders

 

[Gabrielle]

I wouldnt recommend it. It may be carrying something that could harm your T. Stick to CB feeders

Ugh okay thank you! Stink bug lives to see another day.

 

[Chris LXXIX]

Better not

 

[Gabrielle]

Better not

Annoyed

 

[Greasylake]

Feeding any wild caught critter to your T is highly discouraged. If you used chemicals in your house the stink bug could be carrying them. If you use anything in your lawn the bug could have them. If any of your neighbors use anything/spray their houses with pesticides the bug could carry them. It could also have internal parasites that could harm your T. There's just too many things that could go wrong and if you really want to see it die, then I suggest you go outside and look for a nice spider web to drop it into and give a wild spider a present.

 

[TownesVanZandt]

Why don't you just kill the bugs yourself if they annoy you?

 

[darkness975]

Yeah honestly, I just want to try it I just captured one that was in my house as I was doing work and thought....hmm.....can I sacrifice this to my curly hair

I would not give any wild feeders to a tarantula and if it is the brown marmorated stink bug Halyomorpha halys you should kill them as that species is a non native and highly invasive species.

 

[sasker]

Not that I encourage feeding wild caught prey items, but you could feed stink bugs to tarantulas. I mean, they eat them. I used to feed my B. emilia all kinds of bugs I found, including stink bugs. That was before I realised how potentially harmful it is to feed wild insects to tarantulas. It had no adverse effect on my tarantula, though. He hooked out normally and died of old age.

 

[Mikew9788]

Why not just release it outside? Why would it make you feel good to kill it?

 

[cold blood]

I'd bet the stink bugs are actually box elders.http://www.toughonpests.com/pest-library/boxelder-bug-1

 

[sasker]

Here in Bulgaria we call shield bugs mirizlivka (roughly translated 'stink bugs'). I thought that was what we were revering to. This proves again that common names cause more confusion than scientific names

 

[NukaMedia Exotics]

Yeah honestly, I just want to try it I just captured one that was in my house as I was doing work and thought....hmm.....can I sacrifice this to my curly hair

Just because of the fact its wild caught I definitely wouldn't. Wild bugs have a risk of carrying something that can kill your tarantula.

 

[Tim Benzedrine]

I feed stink bugs to my tarantulas all the time. They are called "crickets".

 

[darkness975]

Not that I encourage feeding wild caught prey items, but you could feed stink bugs to tarantulas. I mean, they eat them. I used to feed my B. emilia all kinds of bugs I found, including stink bugs. That was before I realised how potentially harmful it is to feed wild insects to tarantulas. It had no adverse effect on my tarantula, though. He hooked out normally and died of old age.

Why not just release it outside? Why would it make you feel good to kill it?

I'd bet the stink bugs are actually box elders.http://www.toughonpests.com/pest-library/boxelder-bug-1

I stick with my statement:

if it is the brown marmorated stink bug Halyomorpha halys you should kill them as that species is a non native and highly invasive species.

 

[Mikew9788]

I stick with my statement:

This kill it because it's an invasive species thing bugs me. Once it's there in numbers your not going to make any difference as the cat is already out of the bag. Just like people killing lionfish in the carribean. Absolutely pointless. I just dont like people killing animals for no good reason.

 

[Gabrielle]

Update to all:

I did not kill the stink bug in cold blood, I hate them but I am not a stink bug serial killer.... that being said I did release it outside and then it snowed soo.... Either way RIP stink bug & my thoughts & prayers are with the stink bug’s family.

 

[PidderPeets]

This kill it because it's an invasive species thing bugs me. Once it's there in numbers your not going to make any difference as the cat is already out of the bag. Just like people killing lionfish in the carribean. Absolutely pointless. I just dont like people killing animals for no good reason.

I'm wholeheartedly against the act of senseless killing of any kind, but certain invasive species do need to be controlled. The brown marmorated stinkbug is responsible for likely millions of dollars of agricultural damage in the US. With no native natural predators and with it's ability to survive the range of temperatures here, it's become an established pest throughout much of the US. Without some degree of control, it's population will only increase and more damage will be done.

The perfect example is the spotted lanternfly. That's a more recently noticed invasive species here (first discovered in Pennsylvania in 2014), and it already has the potential to do at least $18 billion worth of damages. In Pennsylvania alone. So far it seems like these lanternflies are doing more damage and in less time than any previous invasive species in this region in the US. All the counties in PA that they've been discovered in are quarantined and people aren't even supposed to move firewood, brush, nursery stock, grape vines, construction materials/waste, machinery kept outdoors, or any backyard things such as grills, lawn mowers, or furniture outside of quarantined zones. Industries and others looking to move any of these products or materials outside of these zones need to get permits to do so.

Live and dead specimens have started to be discovered in surrounding states and some are now taking heavy precautions to avoid this pest from making its way across state borders.

Sure, some invasive species aren't as serious threats as others, but some are absolutely dangerous and need to be controlled. While I agree that killing it exclusively because it's an invasive species isn't correct (not all invasive species are considered pests, as the term also often includes non-native species that don't do much damage), but I don't think that ignoring it because it's already here in numbers is the right approach either.

Sources on the spotted lanternfly:

http://www.agriculture.pa.gov/Plant...omology/spotted_lanternfly/Pages/default.aspx

https://www.aphis.usda.gov/aphis/re...-threat/spotted-lanternfly/spotted-lanternfly

https://entomologytoday.org/2018/02...-report-sightings-invasive-insect-hitchhiker/

https://www.google.com/amp/www.balt...s-lanternfly-invasion-20180208-story,amp.html