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USDA working to fight stink bug infestation

Last year: stinky. This year: even stinkier in terms of stink bug infestations. They USDA's Tracy Leskey tells us about the latest research, and hope for beating the bugs.

Tags: Federal Drive , newsstand , USDA , Tracy Leskey , Suzanne Kubota

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Happy Easter! Here's how to achieve stink bug relief

I was recently contacted by a gentleman from Delaware who was sick of these alien pests invading his home in the fall, so he constructed a trap that intercepts them as they swarm outside.

Tags: Mike McGrath , Maryland Department of Natural Resources , Ocean Pines Community Home Show , Garden Plot , cicada killer

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All hands on deck for stink bug solution

Up to half of Robert Black's Pink Lady apples at Catoctin Mountain Orchard in Thurmont were damaged by the brown marmorated stink bugs last year.

Tags: Roscoe Bartlett , Mount St. Mary's University

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How can I get rid of stink bugs?

Don't panic. They won't hurt you if they get inside.

Tags: Mike McGrath , stinkbugs , Mike Raupp , entomologist , University of Maryland

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Stink bugs may be feeding on soybeans, apples

Those creepy-crawly Asian stink bugs are starting to feast on some plants crucial to the local economy.

Tags: Mike Raupp , Hank Silverberg , Colleen Kelleher , soybeans , C&A processs , peaches , cherries , plums , crops , Agriculture , University of Maryland , entomologist

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