I still do really stupid things occasionally when I get too drunk. I'll keep this in mind if I get harassed by the cops. "I'M A SCIENTIST!"
Box Elder bugs
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I still do really stupid things occasionally when I get too drunk. I'll keep this in mind if I get harassed by the cops. "I'M A SCIENTIST!"
Occasionally?
If I did stupid things every time I got way too drunk then I'd be in jail or prison. Then again, maybe I just don't remember doing most of it.
anyone have an arsenal powerful enough to wipe out the latest infestation of these annoying critters invading my house?
I feel no remorse for squishing them to death. But it's so tedious and I can only get one at a time.
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I feel no remorse for squishing them to death. But it's so tedious and I can only get one at a time.
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I've learned that merely squishing one may not be enough to kill it, they seem to have a remarkable ability to bounce back from what looked like certain annihilation.
And I've decided that if there is eternal life for any species, it was granted to the Box Elder bug. I certainly don't agree with God's decision there, but I wasn't consulted.
I also think I've nabbed a few of them in the act - it is not pleasant seeing one box elder bug hump another. Makes me shudder just to think about it.
And I've decided that if there is eternal life for any species, it was granted to the Box Elder bug. I certainly don't agree with God's decision there, but I wasn't consulted.
I also think I've nabbed a few of them in the act - it is not pleasant seeing one box elder bug hump another. Makes me shudder just to think about it.
I probably don't really know. . . . I thought they die off annually after leaving their eggs or something. But yeah, I can see where they're not going to be that sensitive to cold. All I know is my observation of their late fall infestations and how after winter really sets in, I don't see them until next year. . . .
all I know is that I've stepped on them and squished them pretty good, then gone to get a tissue to pick them up and I get back and they've managed to get unsquished and are back crawling along the floor - maybe not back to 100% of their natural ability, but still able to creep along.
I think I am cursed. Now we have a warm spell. Last night I was on the sofa reading and one just landed on my hand, then another landed on the handle of my cup of tea. They are indestructible.
They are annoying.
I think they are a plague.
Worse than the flu.
We need the CDC to devote some resources to their eradication.
I think I am cursed. Now we have a warm spell. Last night I was on the sofa reading and one just landed on my hand, then another landed on the handle of my cup of tea. They are indestructible.
They are annoying.
I think they are a plague.
Worse than the flu.
We need the CDC to devote some resources to their eradication.
So I finally went looking for answers. . . . .
actually, Box Elder bugs are different from Firebugs. Box elders are the ones in the OP pic, firebugs are more red but can look a lot like them. Firebugs were discovered for the first time in North America in Salt Lake City, Utah. Before that they were inhabitants across Asia and Europe from China to the Southern tier of European nations. Starting to show up in England, too. Not closely related bugs, but can be mistaken for one another. . . . and both do the mass congregating and both stink.
actually, Box Elder bugs are different from Firebugs. Box elders are the ones in the OP pic, firebugs are more red but can look a lot like them. Firebugs were discovered for the first time in North America in Salt Lake City, Utah. Before that they were inhabitants across Asia and Europe from China to the Southern tier of European nations. Starting to show up in England, too. Not closely related bugs, but can be mistaken for one another. . . . and both do the mass congregating and both stink.
thanks Babe. with knowledge comes power... Or something like that!
And GF, I did have a small tree growing next to my house that I removed last spring, and that seemed to get rid of the bugs for quite a while. But they came back, not quite as many as before but still quite numerous. A friend who's an arborist says the nearest box elder tree that she knows of is more than a block away. But who knows, I may have to go snooping in the neighbors' yards.
And GF, I did have a small tree growing next to my house that I removed last spring, and that seemed to get rid of the bugs for quite a while. But they came back, not quite as many as before but still quite numerous. A friend who's an arborist says the nearest box elder tree that she knows of is more than a block away. But who knows, I may have to go snooping in the neighbors' yards.