bugs

They're so annoying....and there are soooooo many of them.

Is anyone else finding the stink bugs annoying? Bug experts call the invasive species brown marmorated stink bugs which earned the name for its tendency to release an odor when it's disturbed or crushed. Apparently stink bugs are on the rise in the Quad Cities because of the warmer than usual weather...

I've lived in the Quad Cities for a little over 17 years now. Every autumn, I am used to seeing what to me are ladybugs, but I'm told are Japanese Beetles, crawling all over the screens of my house. This year, I've been seeing something bigger, and a little disconcerting because I have never seen anything like it before...