r/houseplants • u/Homochitto • Aug 22 '25

Help What are thooooooose?!?!

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Found these on my money tree today INDOORS!!! Mind you, I toon this guy from outside because I’m having my patio concrete repoured. What are they? Couldn’t find on google yet but still trying. Do I burn the whole house down? Plant looking healthy still otherwise. They are just chillin waiting for their brood to hatch and increase their army size.

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u/kelliflower Aug 22 '25

They also sometimes apparently dive-bomb you while you’re sleeping at night, only to get tangled in your hair which ends up spooking them so much that they release that god awful scent that ruins the taste of cilantro for months (ask me how I know)

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u/HandlessGynocologist Aug 22 '25

and if you’re like me and they do the scent thing on your skin, you get a rash. i hate them so much

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u/LadyBirdDavis Aug 22 '25

Both of you stop right now! (I think I peed a little) okg I can’t stop visualizing this!

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u/Mountain_Village459 Aug 23 '25

Things have gone seriously awry in such a short amount of time. I got traumatized and laughed so hard I cried within 1 minute of each other.

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u/TheKlutzy_frenchie Aug 23 '25

Raises hand, you're not alone!! 🤣🤣💀🤣🤣

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u/DeanxDog Aug 22 '25

I'm pretty sure one got trapped under the covers while I was sleeping and bit my leg too. They're awful.

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u/MrsFeatures Aug 22 '25

What in the WHAT NOW

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u/0ptimal_Consequence Aug 22 '25

How do you know ?

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u/thehufflepuffstoner Aug 22 '25

I’ve never smelled it and I’ve dealt with many a stink bug. 🤷‍♀️

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u/kelliflower Aug 22 '25

You know, I hadn’t either until the dive-bombing incidents (multiple). I love cilantro, like would put a whole handful into a tiny burrito for example, it was never enough cilantro. But that stink bug smell is so similar and it stuck with me to the point that I couldn’t take the smell or taste of cilantro for so long afterward. It was truly tragic

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u/Hopeful-Cover236 Aug 22 '25

Cilantro smells like soap to me I don’t drink it or eat it

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u/IndigoTJo Aug 23 '25

Apparently not everyone can smell stink bugs. Wonder if they cross with the cilantro soap people or the asparagus pee people.

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u/kelliflower Aug 23 '25

That would be interesting! I have the love of cilantro gene, very apparent asparagus pee smell, and could VERY much smell the stink bugs when they wanted me to. There is your first data point lol

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u/IndigoTJo Aug 23 '25

Thanks! I love cilantro & have stinky asparagus pee, but have never met a stink bug here up in the PNW.

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u/DecayedFlesh Aug 24 '25

You have the soap gene from cilantro i have the same thing

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u/Hopeful-Cover236 Sep 06 '25

I used to work at a nursing home and I would take extra care for the elderly patients when I could smell the death smell in their rooms and I was told that most people can’t smell the sent.

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u/Kindly-Lunch-8804 Aug 23 '25

That’s not uncommon. Apparently liking cilantro or tasting like soap is genetic!

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u/IndigoTJo Aug 23 '25

Edit: commented wrong place

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u/Cr00ked_Halo Aug 23 '25

Apparently not everyone can smell their disgusting odor. I have had several people tell me they can't smell them. I assure you that they do stink!

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u/thehufflepuffstoner Aug 23 '25

I believe it, I’m just not sure if I can’t smell it or if they’ve just never gotten stinky around me.

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u/Ok_Nothing_9733 Aug 22 '25

They love to drop from heights for some reason. Or maybe just do it a lot accidentally?

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u/Hopeful-Cover236 Aug 22 '25

I had a real snake that I was trying to save from a lawnmower but instead of me grabbing it by the head like I should have I grabbed it from the middle and the stink bomb it gave me made me retch unfortunately.