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Box Elder Bugs
Box Elder Bugs
Size: Up to 1/2"
Color: Black with red and orange markings
Habitat: Maples / Ash trees
Infestation: Softer plant tissue
Box Elder Bug Control

A full grown box elder bug is about 1/2" long. They are black in color with red and orange markings. Box elder bug nymphs are red and gradually turn into a darker color as they mature. Box elder bugs usually enter buildings in large numbers, but are harmless to humans. They are known as pests for they can leave stains on walls or curtains with their fecal matter.

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How to Get Rid of Box Elder Bugs

Despite the fact that Box elder bugs are harmless to humans, whose content with an abundant amount of flying bugs in your home? We are sure that no one is. When uninvited guests make their way inside, its best to take control right away before it gets worse, especially with these bugs. Box elder bugs have the power to attract more of their kind with a released odor. Given enough time, box elder bugs will accumulate more and more. Do not rely on normal bug sprays you can buy at your local store to solve your problem. You need professional pesticides to solve you box elder infestation. Depending on the location of the infestation, there are quite a few professional insecticides to choose from. When dealing with outside box elder bug elimination, liquid pesticides (using a hand gallon sprayer) is your best bet. Setting up a perimeter treatment (also known as a barrier treatment) around your home will help prevent box elder bugs from invading your home.

When applying, spray up to 2 feet high on walls and 3 feet away from the wall to the ground. This will ensure prevention of any box elder bugs from entering through crack and crevices around your home. For indoor box elder bug elimination, a good residual spray such a Tempo WP will work fine. Mix and then spray the solution directly onto infested areas and other potential areas where the infestation could migrate. In addition, Delta Dust is also recommended for indoor control. This odorless dust insecticide can be easily used to for cracks and crevices and other voids around your home which will help further prevent anymore box elder bugs from coming in. Moreover, a vacuum will also help eliminate your box elder bug problem. Simply suck them up and throw them out.

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Q. Masterline Bifenthrin 7.9-boxelder bug problem
I'd like to solve a boxelder bug problem (they like to congregate around our doorways), and I'm wondering how Masterline Bifenthrin 7.9 is supposed to be applied. Can you give me some more information? Thanks.
A.   Thank you for contacting us with your question. Since Box Elder bugs like to reside in areas with lots of moisture its very likely you are finding them in your mulch or areas with lots of moisture. Masterline Bifenthrine will be a good product to use. It is recommended that you mix 1 oz of the concentrated solution with one gallon of water and thoroughly spray on the areas where you mostly see them. If you feel that it is quite an heavy infestation I would recommend that you first replace your mulch.
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Q. Boxelder bugs Control
I have boxelder bugs eating my plants in the flowers and bushes that we just spent several hundred dollars doing. I need to know what to use that will kill them before they do any more damage.
A.   We recommend that you use a granular product to do a broadcast lawn treatment, as well as using a liquid concentrate product. Talstar granulars can be dispersed throughout the lawn for effective, broad treatment. If the plants/bushes/flowers are just ornamental,

we recommend you use Talstar Pro liquid concentrate to spray onto the necessary surfaces.

The product has a residual of 3-4 months depending on the external conditions. You may re-apply every couple months if necessary.
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Q. get rid of box elder bugs
do you have anything that will get rid of summer time box elder bugs that we get here all over our home every summer , they like the sunny side of our home and all of our neighbors have them to ,we went to hardware store and they sold us some stuff that we mixed in a sprayer and it was from fertalome , it worked for a couple weeks and then they were back ,we only get about 3 months of good weather here in the summer and would to be bug free , besides the mosquiteos that we have ,thank you and look forward to a bug free summer
A.   Thank you for contacting us. For Boxelder bugs, we recommend Talstar Pro. If you have any further questions or comments, please feel free to contact us again.
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