We all know as summer approaches that box elder bugs are getting closer to taking over our homes. Box elder bugs seems to come in incredible numbers. It is common to find hundreds of boxelder bugs living inside of your window seals if you are not careful. We have some tips for you to use in case you are preparing to deal with a great number of box elder bugs in your home.
It is always important to keep in mind the size of infestation you are dealing with. If you have thousands of box elder bugs that seem to keep reappearing you will need to hire a company like this New Castle pest control company to come to your rescue. If you only have a few box elder bugs living amongst you, you can give it your best go to get rid of them before you have an infestation.
Prevention
Similar to many other situations, they key to keeping box elder bugs out of your home is to be great at prevention. Being sure there are no simple entrances into your home is the best thing that you can do to prevent box elder bugs from coming into your home. Some of the things you should pay attention to include gaps in your window seals, cracks in your foundations, openings near utility entrances and many other small entrances that can be found in your home. It is time to put on your prevention hat and spend some time inspecting your home. You are probably going to be surprised at how many different ways there are for these small bugs to get inside of your home when you start looking closely.
Treatment
If you have a lot of boxelder bugs living on your trees you can try and treat the trees before the bugs decide to move inside of your home. These specific bugs really do not appreciate having water sprayed on them, especially high pressure water. If you take a hose with a spray nozzle on the end and spray down your trees really well, the bugs that remain are likely going to decide to make somewhere else their home. If that high pressure doesn’t do the trick, try dumping a bucket of hot water on the remaining bugs. These bugs do not appreciate hot water.
Of course, if you still can not get rid of the high volume of box elder bugs, you can contact a pest control company who can come to your home and determine which types of insecticides or chemicals you need to be able to get rid of the bugs. They will be able to determine why the bugs are there and what is going to cause them to decide to live somewhere else.
Living with boxelder bugs is more gross than anything else. The bugs are not necessarily dangerous, but they do tend to come in large numbers. When there are 50-100 bugs in your window seal you are likely going to be looking for a way to be sure they are not there much longer.