Once winter hits, they start worming their way inside buildings to take advantage of the heat, and they can squeeze in through the tiniest cracks. During the winter I usually catch two or three per day in my apartment, and when I open the windows for the first time in spring, there are usually piles of dead ones that got trapped between the glass and screen.
Fortunately I live in North Dakota - one of eight states where they haven't been detected so far. Looks like they can live on sweet corn and soybeans, though, so they might manage it eventually 8-(
We suddenly got a bunch of them in the house this year. Well, in the bedroom, mostly. We'd be less bothered by these bugs if they weren't so generally inept at being bugs. They keep flying headfirst into walls, making an awful racket.
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Once winter hits, they start worming their way inside buildings to take advantage of the heat, and they can squeeze in through the tiniest cracks. During the winter I usually catch two or three per day in my apartment, and when I open the windows for the first time in spring, there are usually piles of dead ones that got trapped between the glass and screen.
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