What is it??
He’s was flying around the house earlier this evening (he’s down the toilet now)
update
Per the comments: Thanks to a host of folks, I’ve learned its a stink bug.
btw, considering I took it while I was trying to kill it, ya got to admit thats a pretty decent picture. Would have liked to get a shot from the front, but I didn’t want to risk it.
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copycat… heh.
http://www.gregandbeth.com/blog/index.php?action=view&id=769
http://www.gregandbeth.com/blog/index.php?action=view&id=773
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Comment by Gregory Morris — January 24, 2008 @ 11:55 pm
It’s a Bug. It goes “Squish”.
I think I’ve seen one myself.
It might be this. It looks slightly different, though.
Comment by Alcibiades McZombie — January 25, 2008 @ 4:13 am
Here in Texas we call have a generic name for this group of beetles - stink bugs. There is a reason for this, of course. They can spray you with a stinky liquid. Handle carefully. Other than the stink they are harmless.
Comment by Mike — January 25, 2008 @ 7:57 am
It’s a type of “stinkbug”.
Stand by for more info.
Comment by Sailorcurt — January 25, 2008 @ 8:43 am
Here you go:
The Brown Marmorated Stink Bug
Comment by Sailorcurt — January 25, 2008 @ 8:47 am
I’m a little slow, I guess, since Curt beat me to it. I was gonna say it looks like a stinkbug to me, although the ones I’m used to seeing are green.
Comment by Boyd — January 25, 2008 @ 8:56 am
Thanks Sailorcurt and Mr. McZombie. Sounds like you got it.
This is actually the second one we found this winter in the house (the other one we saw in December I let out the front door, wondering if this is the same guy). We actually thought this was a moth, and my wife freaked out. He had a very hard exoskeleton but didn’t try to fly away from me once I caught him. I flushed him nevertheless.
Comment by countertop — January 25, 2008 @ 9:18 am
We see them every once in a while around here in Hampton Roads. I knew it was a stinkbug right away but I had to look it up to find out exactly what kind it was.
Comment by Sailorcurt — January 28, 2008 @ 6:54 pm