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id request - Thyanta custator
Copyright © 2004 Aggie

id request - Thyanta custator
Aransas Pass, Texas, USA
September 3, 2004
I think these are stink bugs. If they are, there were a ton of them along that one window...probably 60 or more.
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Contributed by Aggie on 5 September, 2004 - 11:54am
Last updated 21 March, 2016 - 9:50am

Moved
Moved from Stink Bugs.
… Eric R. Eaton, 14 November, 2007 - 2:55pm login or register to post comments

Thyanta swarms
I believe these are a species of Thyanta, probably custator accerra. There are several published records from the 1930's or 1940's of these forming huge swarms. By huge I mean so many that they had to cancel football games - they covered the ground a foot deep in places. The stench was horrific. They say they even had to shovel them into trucks to haul them away.
… David Rider, 20 April, 2005 - 11:39pm login or register to post comments

Stink bugs
Yes, they definitely appear to be stink bugs, but I can't tell what type. I've seen clusters of stink bug nymphs before, but never swarms of adults!
… Richard Leung, 5 September, 2004 - 12:08pm login or register to post comments

 
Drawn to lights at night perhaps?
I know that some stink bugs congregate for hibernation (Brochymena sp. for example), but I would bet these individuals were drawn to lights the night before and had not dispersed yet. Otherwise, I agree this is a unique phenomenon.
… Eric R. Eaton, 5 September, 2004 - 7:25pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks!
Thank you for the comments! I had never seen so many stink bugs in my life in one place! One even flew in my truck! They were all over a fast food drive through window and there was easily 60+ of them all around. It was definitely a cool site.
… Aggie, 6 September, 2004 - 6:20pm login or register to post comments

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