Great buy. I overwintered a smaller pindo for three winters with a bucket and christmas lights. There is someone near me who has a 12' pindo that they wrap in a tarp with a heating cable every winter.

That Pindo is a score! i see those bugs all the time but not hundreds thats kinda strange

statenisland - the good news is I have a year to figure out my protection scheme, the bad news is I don't know where to start. I don't want to do the heating cable thing, although I'm not opposed to Christmas lights.

eric - I agree on the score, he was asking $29.99 and he obviously wanted rid of it. Stinkbugs are almost an epidemic here. They were introduced in Pennsylvania via China and it seems we have the worst problem in the country. It seems they get worse every year.

Butias are fine palms. I lost one unprotected after the horrible winter of 2010-2011 here. They will do much better if protected from winter precip--rain or snow. My are now all in containers and getting too big for containers again. I will be tempted to plant again in the spring.

Stink bugs are everywhere now--no big deal. They are relatively harmless and don't breed in the house. Bigger problems are lurking--fire ants are expanding in their range so if you hate stink bugs, you are really gonna love fire ants! This year, for me, it's been big spiders all over the place, and I hate spiders.