The Stink Bug War #1

As the Summer winds down and the first chills of Fall start occasionally blustering about I have noticed an extreme violation of the unspoken, wildly one-sided (but I think still fair) treaty I have with the bugs that inhabit the area around my house. It goes something like this:

"All bugs are freely permited to run mindlessly into the lamp posts and outdoor lights surrounding the house as much as they please. They are also allowed to briefly land on the exterior of the house, provided they don't invite friends and agree to inform any fellow bugs that resting on this particular house wasn't even that great and kind of smelled.

Nesting on the exterior, interior, inside the walls or within any unreasonable distance of the house (to be determined by the inhabitant of the house) is intolerable.

Finally crossing the threshold into the house is strictly forbidden.

Violation of any of these terms shall be viewed as an admission of guilt. Violators are subject to the following penalties: Death.

This penalty shall be carried out by means of: Newspaper, the bottom of my shoe, vaccuum, flame, toilet, chemical warfare, or really anything I see fit."

The main violator of this treaty is none other than: The Stink Bug (pictured above (try not to puke (I know I almost did))). Now given their large population I think it safe to assume that there are a few among them that are dumb enough to simply disregard the treaty and attempt to enjoy some of my awesome air conditioning. So if once or twice a week I enter my room and find an idiot bouncing of my overhead light I am more than happy to accept his admission of guilt and carry out his sentence.

However, as the weeks pass I have learned that these are not the morons I assumed them to be.. they are scouts. Using the putrid odor they release at death as a warning to the rest of their ranks that my room is not a suitable entry point.

But what is their plan..? updates to follow...