The crises for many present opportunity for a few!

"The stink bug was a godsend," said Andrew Strube, 36.

After losing his airline job, then his house, he moved his family to an apartment in Columbia, Lancaster County, that proved to be infested with stink bugs.

"I don't mind the bugs," he said, "But when they are crawling on your face while you are sleeping, or when you sit down to eat and they are dive-bombing your plate, and you have three kids who don't like them crawling everywhere, well ..."

Well, he took action.

He tried commercial sprays and contacted exterminators, but noted stink bugs stuck in paint after he'd painted an all-terrain vehicle and motorcycle. They all were dead.

Soon after he began building the Strube Stink Bug Traps consisting of a bug-luring light enclosed in a cylinder covered with sticky stuff. He also spiked the trap with a formula that, along with the light, lures the bugs.

At first he produced traps for family and friends.

Now he's working 20-hour days and has sold thousands online at $50 each and in hardware stores. He's seeking a building to set up production while searching for a commercial producer. He's even been invited to appear on the Animal Planet program, "Infested."

"We couldn't be busier," Mr. Strube said. "The problem is huge."

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...in your salad.

I'm no bug freak but I don't like them. I understand that we all have a place in this world. I live in a 100 y/o house and deal with hundreds of insects and other pests a year.
Stink bugs are just another part of life, I'll deal with it.

My question is why are they so abundant this year?

pic would be helpful.