I live in Minnesota - who else has this problem? AND WHEN DO THEY GO AWAY? I don't care if they hibernate or die or migrate or whatever, but when? I can't keep the darn things out of my house!
2007-10-22 18:07:26 · 4 answers · asked by Fuckette 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
I live in Wisconsin, and my house was covered in box elder bugs. If you own the box elders, you can get rid of them and the bugs will mostly go away. If not (I don't own the trees here), you can make a solution of 1 - 2 tbsp of detergent to a gallon of water and spray it on them. That will kill them.
If they are inside, I read from an exterminator that the best thing to do is vacuum them up. Don't step on them or smack them, because they stink and leave a red stain. The good thing about them is that they are harmless; they don't bite or carry disease. The bad thing is that they have no real predators (apparently they taste as bad as they smell), or none that you want to encourage to be around your house, so you'll get zillions of them. Try to close any crevices or openings into your house that you have and that should keep them out.
2007-10-22 18:22:02 · answer #1 · answered by adoptive mom 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, yet i've got squirted windshield washing gadget fluid at any trojan horse that lands on my windshield! yet, pertaining on your specific question, and not having an intimate awareness of boxelder bugs (you would be able to desire to objective choosing the brains over in technology & Nature), and If i'm going to invest for a 2d, in keeping with risk this actual boxelder become aroused via the aroma of a few new-fangled espresso flavour which you are attempting for the 1st time? Or, in keeping with risk on the urging of his fellow boxelder friends, it become his turn to flow out for snacks, yet become distracted via his very own weak point, gave-in to the temptation of arising an further cease, and became merely yet another web site 3 statistic in the next day's "Boxelder Dispatch?" What a Sizzler!
2016-11-09 06:25:09 · answer #2 · answered by rimpel 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
adoptive has it right. Box elder bugs Leptocoris trivittatus are plant feeders and seek refuge in the fall for hibernation. I don't know what you are referring to as the asian ladybeetle.
2007-10-22 18:52:07 · answer #3 · answered by paul 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
be glad they are there! they eat bad bugs such as aphids
2007-10-22 18:12:38 · answer #4 · answered by crengle60 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋