Insect identification please

[the game]

So I just got this apartment last week. I'm moved in. I've noticed these insects out on the balcony and smashed all of them. I found 2 in my apartment tonight. I'm assuming they crawled under the screen door or something. this is getting fixed. My only concern is that I hope this isn't some sort of roach. I know it isn't a good picture but can somebody possibly identify this bug. They aren't very big. maybe the size of my fingernail.

http://i1373.photobucket.com/albums/...ps48c34fb9.jpg

[Jester Joe]

That's a bug. :P

I'm looking through http://www.pestworld.org/pest-guide/ right now, maybe there's something there.

Honestly closest I'm finding is Stink Bugs....but even then they dont' look exactly the same.

[Iphie]

looks like a member of the Heteroptera http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heteroptera scroll down for anatomy and see if it matches.

[Jester Joe]

looks like a member of the Heteroptera http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heteroptera scroll down for anatomy and see if it matches.

Oh boy, so my Stink Bug finding might not be far off!

http://www.pestworld.org/news-and-vi...nderway-in-us/

That's what led me to stink bug

[Shockymonkey]

it does look like a stinkbug, shoulda put something next to it for size comparison. Be wary though that also looks like a bedbug as well.

[Deleted]

did u take that picture with a potato? All I see is a brown dot.

[Pipebomb]

My guess is a roach, or a stink bug? Hard to see. Does it have wings?

Also worth noting, there's been a big boom in stink bug populations across the north east

[Deathquoi]

That's a stink bug.

[the game]

I've ruled out bedbugs and stink bugs.

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That's a stink bug.

ugh so I need an exterminater then don't I

[Jester Joe]

ugh so I need an exterminater then don't I

If it's bad it seems like it.

http://www.pestworld.org/news-and-vi...nderway-in-us/

There's a little guide in there of what to do.

[Piglord]

Looks like crabs to me.

[Deleted]

looks like a member of the Heteroptera http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heteroptera scroll down for anatomy and see if it matches.

I, too, wanted to post that answer. But I would check google pictures, wikipedia's pictures are not similar to what I have in mind

[Notchris]

Looks to be a stink bug (also known as a shield bug).

Once one comes in, you're gonna get more. They leave a scent trail behind that other stink bugs can sense letting them know that your home is suitable place to hunker down for winter.

http://npic.orst.edu/pest/stinkbug.html

The NE is being overrun by the Chinese brown marmorated stink bug. Damn things are everywhere now.

[the game]

Welp emailed my landlord. This needs to be taken care of before it gets out of hand. Thanks for the help guys.

[wildwrx]

I dont think your suppose to squish them, when you do this it releases the smell 10fold to others and they will flock to your home. Best to just get rid of them by moving them away if possible.

[endersblade]

That's a stink bug. I'm sure I could find a dozen or more dead ones in my apartment for comparison.

Looks like this. Stink Bug

My apartment complex as a whole is getting overrun with them. This year we're actually getting more of the black and white mottled ones, they're a bit longer and skinnier than the one you have. I'm not kidding, I have killed probably 50 of them in my apartment alone in the past month. I've had to burn incense to cover the smell >.>

[Notchris]

I dont think your suppose to squish them, when you do this it releases the smell 10fold to others and they will flock to your home. Best to just get rid of them by moving them away if possible.

They release different scents for different things. Squishing them causes them to jettison all their "stank juice" out of their scent glands. It's god awful.

The attraction scent is a pheromone.

Pretty positive squishing them just nets you a big dose of the stank.

That's a stink bug. I'm sure I could find a dozen or more dead ones in my apartment for comparison.

Looks like this. Stink Bug

My apartment complex as a whole is getting overrun with them. This year we're actually getting more of the black and white mottled ones, they're a bit longer and skinnier than the one you have. I'm not kidding, I have killed probably 50 of them in my apartment alone in the past month. I've had to burn incense to cover the smell >.>

Longer and skinnnier? Those may be Boxelders.

[endersblade]

They release different scents for different things. Squishing them causes them to jettison all their "stank juice" out of their scent glands. It's god awful.

The attraction scent is a pheromone.

Pretty positive squishing them just nets you a big dose of the stank.



Longer and skinnnier? Those may be Boxelders.

Nope. I think they're called Western conifer seed bugs. I have no idea if they're officially considered stink bugs, but they do leave a mighty smell when you squish them. And actually, I was wrong, they're more brown with lighter brown spots. I just normally see them in dim light, so they look blacker than normal.

[Notchris]

Nope. I think they're called Western conifer seed bugs. I have no idea if they're officially considered stink bugs, but they do leave a mighty smell when you squish them. And actually, I was wrong, they're more brown with lighter brown spots. I just normally see them in dim light, so they look blacker than normal.

Oh, yeah I know of those.
We had a boxelder BAD back when we first moved into the current family home. Got rid of them, then those Damn stink bugs showed up like a year later.

never dealt with the ones you got though. But I'm sure they'll be the next to show up if my luck holds.

[Speaknoevil]

They're stink bugs.

They don't do anything at all.

Just put them outside.