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Toilet bug from Germany
Fri, Mar 6, 2009 at 4:58 AM
Hey Bugman,
I’ve got a problem with my bathroom and the area around it. For a few weeks now these kind of flying bugs are hanging around here all the time. I keep throwing them out of my house but they must nest somewhere in the house.
They are winged and they can fly, but only for a short period. They get exhausted quite fast. Once you annoy them, like with throwing them out, they spit at you in a last attempt of telling me to back off. And since I don’t want to end up in the unneccessary carnage section, I ask you to tell me what kind of bug that is and what I should do, to get rid of it.
Greetings,
Philipp
Germany

Stink Bug

Dear Philipp,
It is with great amusement that we post your letter with an image of a Stink Bug that is fond of the toilet.  While we are not prepared to comment on why the toilet is the most area of the home where you are finding the intruders, we can tell you that Stink Bugs in the family Pentatomidae, and other True Bugs often enter homes when cold weather sets in so they can escape the winter cold.  The Stink Bugs are not breeding in your home and they will not do any damage.  They are merely waiting out the winter so they can return to the great outdoors in the spring.

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