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Has anyone else experienced these annoying home invaders? Fun! I first noticed them at the next door neighbor's (she wasn't concerned about them), and now I have them trying to get in my door and window on the sunny side of the house... Yet another reason to move and buy a condo! Other possible solutions?
A basement apartment I lived in in ND many years ago was invaded by box elder bugs every year. A very minor seasonal nuisance. Can't recall ever doing much about them except collecting them in a jar and dumping them back outdoors. I suppose you could bring home a house gecko but they probably wouldn't eat them due to their noxious taste/smell defense mechanism. Call me strange but I happen to think their markings are attractive.
A basement apartment I lived in in ND many years ago was invaded by box elder bugs every year. A very minor seasonal nuisance. Can't recall ever doing much about them except collecting them in a jar and dumping them back outdoors. Call me strange but I happen to think their markings are attractive.
Are you my neighbor? She also seems to like them, but her house is newer and more airtight than mine...
They ARE attractive, but they swarm, and I don't want a swarm in my living quarters. The stuff of nightmares.
I like their markings, too. I don't mind when they are around, but they haven't invaded my house. Once in a while we find one in the house, but that's it. More commonly, we find stinkbugs. Boy are they dumb and slow and terrible at flying. Easy to capture (never squish one) and put it back outside.
They don't harm anything but they are gross if they get inside. They aren't *trying* to get in, they are simply seeking the warm sunny exposure. Warm & sunny late winter and early fall days are common times to see them swarming.
Ugh those are gross looking, I get stink bugs, yes easy to catch and throw outside. I never smelled one until one day I got one and squished one in a paper towel. Holy Stink! Now I don't squish them. I also don't have any of those trees or seen one of those bugs that you showed.
One house we lived in was a box elder hotspot. An older home that was not tight. It was common to have hundreds if not thousands of them on the ledges of our small basement windows.
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I don't mind when they are around, but they haven't invaded my house. Once in a while we find one in the house, but that's it. More commonly, we find stinkbugs. Boy are they dumb and slow and terrible at flying. Easy to capture (never squish one) and put it back outside.
