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HighGrass
10-27-2003, 01:38 PM
Anybody know the correct name for this bug? There are a hundred all over the house this year!
http://photos.imageevent.com/flying/rocketkits/websize/Bug.JPG
Rtom45
10-27-2003, 02:45 PM
Eastern boxelder bug. Harmless, they are just an annoyance. As the weather starts to turn colder, they are attracted to warm sunny areas, like the sides of buildings.
bob
10-27-2003, 03:12 PM
I have one property that they gather on, every year like clock work. Like Rtom45 said, the gather on the warms sides of buildings in swarms!
HighGrass
10-27-2003, 03:49 PM
Originally posted by Rtom45
Eastern boxelder bug. Harmless, they are just an annoyance. As the weather starts to turn colder, they are attracted to warm sunny areas, like the sides of buildings.

Are there different box elder bugs? I looked it up and found a pic but it didn't look the same.
http://www.biosurvey.ou.edu/okwild/misc/images/ebelder.jpg
Ground Effects NH
10-27-2003, 04:24 PM
A few weeks back the local paper had a article about bugs. They showed a pic that looked like the bug in your first post, said it was a stink bug.
kickin sum grass
10-27-2003, 08:50 PM
we always called it a stink bug also.
Prot1
10-27-2003, 11:16 PM
As far as i know its a box elder bug. They are easy enough to kill but take a bit longer. I was told by our local extension service that they have to ingest to die but considering the clean themselves immediately after spraying that doesnt take long.
HighGrass
10-28-2003, 12:10 AM
Originally posted by Prot1
As far as i know its a box elder bug. They are easy enough to kill but take a bit longer. I was told by our local extension service that they have to ingest to die but considering the clean themselves immediately after spraying that doesnt take long.

LAong with the lady bugs, these guys are here about 10 times as many as last year. They are everywhere!:blob2:
Team Gopher
10-28-2003, 09:36 AM
Here is a pic of the Boxelder Bug. Click first image for link.

http://www.ento.psu.edu/extension/factsheets/boxelderbug2.jpg (http://www.ento.psu.edu/extension/factsheets/boxelder.htm)

http://www.ento.psu.edu/extension/factsheets/boxmass2.jpg
HighGrass
10-28-2003, 12:18 PM
Yikes...that's the one. I hate the second pic...I'll be having dreams...:sleeping:
dvmcmrhp52
10-28-2003, 03:09 PM
Kickin sum grass,
Stink bugs are bigger and mostly brown.
Another invasion from overseas.
Lawn Solutions
10-28-2003, 06:06 PM
I spayed perimeter sprayed Talstar around a house of a customer who wanted them gone and they were very pleased with the results. I was afraid of spraying them off only to have them invade from the neighbors who are very close, but the residual of the Talstar must have done the trick. Also took care of the crickets which were extremely thick this year. Profit margin on this type of treatment is also good.
NCSULandscaper
10-29-2003, 12:49 AM
we call those stink bugs here also
dlandscaping
11-01-2003, 09:03 PM
The stink bugs have infested my school this year. People open the windows and there are no screens and so they fly in. Where did they get their name from, they dont smell?
NCSULandscaper
11-02-2003, 01:15 PM
Originally posted by dlandscaping
Where did they get their name from, they dont smell?

Pick one up and rub it slightly then smell your hand......you will know why they are called stink bugs.