PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 31 (UPI) -- Stinkbugs, known for emitting a foul odor when disturbed, are in Pennsylvania and New Jersey -- and may be preparing to settle in for the winter, experts say.
Eating their way across fields and orchards in both states, the pests often spend the winter bedded down in the walls and insulation of homes, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported Tuesday.
"We're expecting an epic year for stinkbugs," research entomologist Richard Cooper said. "I'm just concerned that this won't be big news until it's too late for people".
"When they're knee deep in stinkbugs, they're going to want to know what to do about it".
August and the first half of September are the best time to attack stinkbugs, just before they head indoors, entomologist George Hamilton of the New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station at Rutgers University said. UPI
