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Stink Bugs are a huge garden pest. They can destroy your citrus trees ability to fruit. This video is a study of the effect of fire Vs detergent on the Stink Bugs matrix of eggs they lay underneath leaves. Stink Bugs have an ability to replicate themselves hundreds of time in their 6 month lifespan, so it only takes a few mating pairs to create an explosion of Stink Bug numbers. Stink Bugs defend themselves by spraying out a toxic liquid that has a very strong odor. This liquid can injure skin, eyes and is lethal to other insects. It also stops birds from being able to pick off a Stick Bugs as an easy meal.
I have know for a few years that one of the best ways to take out a large infestation of Stink Bugs is to use fire. It's environmentally friendly as there are no chemicals used. The Stink Bugs are killed instantly and drop to the ground. The fire does have an effect on the tree but it bounces back quickly. By the best season you will have flowers and fruit. But if the Stick Bugs are not controlled and their eggs not destroyed the destructive Stick Bug cycle just repeats every year.
A safe method of controlling the Stink Bugs is to use a Weed Dragon. They are LP gas powered weed control wants that can deliver a burst of very hot burning gas on demand. Because they are normally on a wand you can reach the higher parts of the trees. It's so satisfying to control Stink Bugs in this manner.
To understand where these Stick Bugs (Musgraveia Sulciventris) lay in the insect world is quite complicated. The Pentatomoidea are a superfamily of insects in the Heteroptera suborder of the Hemiptera order. As Hemiptera, they share a common arrangement of sucking mouthparts. The roughly 7000 species under Pentatomoidea are divided into 21 families. Among these are the stink bugs and shield bugs, jewel bugs, giant shield bugs, and burrower bugs.
Musgraveia Sulciventris is a large Stink Bug found in Australia, sometimes known as the bronze orange bug. It is considered a pest, particularly to plants in the citrus group. Bronze orange bugs suck the sap from trees, which causes the flowers and fruit to fall.
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