Managing Stink Bugs

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I never new stink bug larvae were so pretty.  As pretty as they are, they are demolishing my bean vines. 

I don't want to till my soil or use chemicals, so I was wondering if a controlled burn would help clean up the garden bed? 

Or is there something else I can do besides squish them?

Should I go ahead and rip out the vines and burn? 

I've never deal with a major insect problem as this, but I have never had such a large monocrop as my pole beans.  So, I kinda expected to have some problems this year.  In years past, I practiced polyculture and it did confuse them. 

But large harvests demand monocrops.  I must learn to deal. 

[raf]

It's a bit late now I suppose but better late than never. If you can find a disposable angel food cake pan, bury it up to the rim in your garden (upside down where the open part of the pan faces skyward) in the inner ring of the pan place a solar yard light then fill the pan an inch or two deep with soapy water. The squash bugs (and many others) will come to the light and drown in the soapy water.
The adults are resistant to most organic sprays I've tried except for pyrethrin and even then it's spotty.
You need to really wet any mulch or organic material (leaf litter etc) with water to drive the stinkbugs up where you can spray them with Pyrethrin since it only kills on contact and won't kill them after it has dried. Gurneys sells a product for stinkbugs but it's rather pricey so I haven't tried it but it's called Shield All.
A burn may help but unless you can burn off a rather large area they'll still return next year from their winter homes in surrounding leaf litter etc.

[raf]

Sorry to ramble on but I found luffa to be a very effective trap crop for stinkbugs, if you have the space to grow luffa it seems to keep the bugs occupied and away from your food crops. Once luffa is established even the stinkbugs can't beat it down.

[macmex]

Bon, apparently everyone overlooked your question until Raf found it today!

I can't really add anything to his response. I generally just  squish them as I find them. The worst damage I see is generally on my tomatoes. They cause a lot of spoilage.