Keeping boxelder bugs out of your home in the fall can seem like a unending battle, but with a few helpful tricks it can be done.
Batten down the hatches. It’s that time of year when boxelder bugs may have found a winter home — yours. You know these bugs. They are about a half-inch long and charcoal gray, with three red stripes ...
Dish soap can kill boxelder bugs on contact, but it doesn’t prevent future infestations. Sealing cracks, maintaining your yard, and using insect barriers are the most effective ways to keep boxelder ...
My home doesn't have the swarms of ladybugs that plague some Iowans, but I noticed a number of boxelder bugs hanging out around our windows one warm day this week. Donald Lewis, of Iowa State ...
"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through the links below." Boxelder bugs have earned a reputation for being a pesky nuisance to homeowners across the United ...
Because of a relatively mild winter and what looks to be a hot dry summer, this may be the year of the boxelder bugs (Boisea trivittatus). You may think that because you don’t have a boxelder tree, ...
(NEXSTAR) — Warm weather is setting in throughout the country, which means many of the creepy crawlers winter spared us from are resurfacing. You may have already had a run-in with a few, including ...
It’s almost time to wave goodbye to summer and with it, scorching hot days, sweaty clothes and pesky bugs. Well, maybe not that last part because some bugs will be sticking around and seeking shelter ...