Bonnie has her box elder beetles in Michigan. In this area, we have our cluster flies and more recently and bothersome for most people, Asian Lady Beetles. They crawl into the crevices of the house in the fall and when it warms up in the spring, and especially if the house has been cold and empty all winter, they cover the inside of the house. One of the rituals of springtime in Biscuit Hollow is the vacuuming of the beetles, yuck!
They were introduced here in the States as a control insect for some other pest and have become a pest in their own right. http://www.uky.edu/Ag/Entomology/entfacts/trees/ef416.htm
The grape farmers have a real problem with them because they huddle in the grape clusters in the fall and it only takes a few to ruin the taste of a batch of wine. Double double, yuck, yuck.
I found a control for them this past fall and it seemed to have worked. They begin to cluster a day or two after the first frost in the fall. If you can spray the sides of your house at the right time, you will kill them as they fly to your house, or at least repel them. I hardly have any in the house this year! Or maybe the smoke killed them.
They were introduced here in the States as a control insect for some other pest and have become a pest in their own right. http://www.uky.edu/Ag/Entomology/entfacts/trees/ef416.htm
The grape farmers have a real problem with them because they huddle in the grape clusters in the fall and it only takes a few to ruin the taste of a batch of wine. Double double, yuck, yuck.
I found a control for them this past fall and it seemed to have worked. They begin to cluster a day or two after the first frost in the fall. If you can spray the sides of your house at the right time, you will kill them as they fly to your house, or at least repel them. I hardly have any in the house this year! Or maybe the smoke killed them.
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We also have the Asian Lady Bugs! Those along with the boxelder bugs make for a buggie situation. I spray the outside of the house/shop also. It does help. Are your bugs considered part of the wild life out there?
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