How to Get Rid of Boxelder Bugs (4 Easy Steps)
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- Опубликовано: 10 июл 2024
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Watch how to get rid of boxelder bugs using the Solutions four step process! This video will show exactly what to do when you have boxelder bugs overwintering in your home!
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1) IDENTIFICATION: 0:30
2) INSPECTION: 0:44
2) TREATMENT: 1:29
3) PREVENTION: 3:27
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Boxelder bugs spend most of their time outdoors on rocks, trees, and logs, but come winter, they’ll infest our homes to stay warm and by spring, they’ll emerge from hiding and appear throughout our living spaces.
In this video, we’ll show you how to treat your infestation and how to prevent Boxelder bugs from coming back next winter.
Boxelder bugs measure to be about ½ an inch in length and ⅓ of an inch wide. They’re shaped similarly to sunflower seeds, but they have distinctive red and orange lines on the thorax, wings, and along the edges of their bodies.
Start by inspecting the outer perimeter of your structure. Overwintering pests can use features like vents or chimneys to access to our homes. They can also use openings found along walls, among door seals, window frames, utility openings, and cracks within the foundation. Also, note any damaged or missing window screens. Indoors, you’re looking for pest activity. Overwintering pests will cluster together around heat sources or hide in enclosed cracks and crevices.
Before starting treatment, be sure to wear your personal protective equipment, or PPE, especially when you handle any chemicals.
Begin treatment with Reclaim IT. Reclaim IT is a liquid repellent insecticide concentrate that’s labeled to control over 70 different pests and offers a residual of up to 90 days. Since we're using Reclaim IT as a perimeter treatment, use 1 ounce of Reclaim per gallon of water per 1,000 square feet. Using a pump sprayer, add your water, add Reclaim, shake the solution, and you're ready to start.
Create a barrier around the structure of your home by spraying 3 feet up the structure and 3 feet out. Next, spray areas around windows, doors, eaves, air vents, plumbing, garage doors, light fixtures, basement or crawl space openings, and any other openings you may have found.
Next, start your indoor treatment with Pyrid. Pyrid is an insecticide aerosol that delivers a quick knockdown, but has no residual. Apply Pyrid where you've seen pest activity. To apply Pyrid to a broad area, like around a window or along a doorway, make sure the white applicator is attached, shake the can, and spray in swift, sweeping motions. In order to apply Pyrid to cracks or crevices, use the supplied red applicator. Simply remove the white applicator, place the red one, and make sure the straw is affixed in the spout. Stick the applicator in the crevice, and spray in a swift motion along the crevice's length.
Round out your treatment with D-Fense Dust. D-Fense Dust is a ready-to-use insecticidal dust that if left undisturbed, can last for up to 8 months. Use a dust applicator to apply dust in hard to reach areas, like underneath appliances, in wall voids, and in crevices.
You can stop boxelder bugs from entering your home by keeping up with pesticide treatments and addressing the entry points you found during your inspection. Close up small entry points outside of your structure with copper mesh and caulk. Repair damaged screens and door seals. Trim back vegetation, including any overhanging branches from nearby trees.
Finally, be sure to apply Reclaim IT every 90 days for guaranteed control.
Be sure to visit our website for an in-depth guide and access to each of our products. We guarantee that these products and tips will help control boxelder bugs in and around your property, and we offer same day shipping to help you get control quickly.
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Dawn dish soap mixed with water 1/4 soap 3/4 water. Much cheaper and just as affective as the store bought solutions.
YES although you only need 1/100th Soap really.... you don't need more than a few table stoons max for one spray bottle, they'll die after 30 seconds - min of walking around with soapy water
@@Mattyew i added bleach in mine mixture when I ran out I used are a lighter and blow torched the rest
Where do these bugs come from
@@brendahorn5013 they like maple and some other tree... I'm considering taping a maple out back to see if it helps.
@@savageinventor4884 🤣❤👍
They like to congregate in warm areas around the outside of my home. I sprinkle Borax powder in these spots and this seems to keep the numbers down.
yesterday was was nothing it was so good today they are all over the place
When do these things go away? One was just crawling on my wall and then on my blanket. Now I can’t sleep and it feels like they are crawling on me. I hate all bugs. Right now I’m using roach spray because it’s all I have. I spray until they are soaked and no longer moving
This is interesting!!! I live in Yuma and it is for sure not winter here but 105 deg outside. we have these bugs all over our windows at night.
I use Raid
Here in Wisconsin they tend to congregate on the southern exposure and western exposures seeking warmth. They will find gaps around your garage door and even your front door. I lay down a good layer of Raid around doors and door frames.
Raid is a strong chemical, I would think, that you may not want to
Breathe yourself.
I think thay will just come even if I do this there every on my block and other blocks and there at schools too yeah
I have a bunch in my rock bed outside, I just want to make sure I am not harming my plants. What is best?
We get these really bad on our front porch during the summer. They get into our house and its very disgusting. Nobody in the family except for me has a problem with them because they've been here since we got the house over 18 years ago
I had a mild infestation over the winter. (In Minnesota so it's cold!!!) Springtime they came out in full force. I didn't have a dish soap handy, so I tried a stronger than usual mix of cencentrate Simple Green. It killed them faster than any hand soap I'd used inside the house, and after 2 drays of spot sprayng they were gone for good.
I also live in Minnesota, but even when it was freezing in December and January, my house was completely infested with em.
@@darricktv9857 yep. Same here. That.s when I learned about the simple green... sprayed in the spring and haven' seen one since.
@@J_Kirch it’s just weird because for me it was worse in the winter, and they sort of went away in the spring.
@@darricktv9857 You're lucky they went away... My wife was flushing them in the house all winter and I tried the hand soap... but that was a pain... when I sparyed them with Simple green They scattered or died and avoided that spot in the house. In the spring I had a massive cluter of them on the the south facing wall outside so I figured I'd try spraying the walls... It killed a bunch of them, and then I sprayed a second time a couple of days later and that was the last I'd seen of them. Simple fix with what's considered an envirnmentally "safe" product and it was cheaper than an insecticide. Now if only I could find a way to get the Maple Bladder Gall off my maple saplings.
We are having this same issue in NM question tho what mixture did you use with simple green??? Please help
Thank you for this video. I’ve never seen these bugs before until last year. They are so annoying!!!!
They sure are.
yessssss and they bite!!! i thought they was cute til one bit me!!! now they all die when i see them
@@VampTwinkie Ditto
Same lmao there’s so many in my house
Same here….last year was terrible and even had some in the house over winter. I tried Dawn Dish Soap and water and that didn’t do too much. I got some spray now, so hope that works.
We have boxwood bushes lined up in our walkway... the bugs are flipping annoying! And they get in the house... My main goal is to get rid of them this spring. 🤞
same there driving me annoying!
Me too were in this fight together lol
@@reebokshoes1232 Me, too
Omg I so need help with these annoying bugs the more I kill the more they multiply, 3yrs in a row now they keep coming bck
@@schadeelia Agreed
Yes!! I have heard of dish and water. And it works!! A lot cheaper than chemicals
It didn't work for me1
It works to kill them and is only a temporary solution unfortunately. It helps just killing them but not preventing them from coming in
@@bobbymarz5357.9
I see lots of comments saying just use dish soap and water and it does work great for anything that is outdoors but using the chemical above would probably work better for indoor use and not leave a mess on your home appliances and for how much pyrid you actually use the can would probably last a long time so I wouldn't say its a bad purchase. I also have heard that using wd-40 around the outside cracks of your house helps keep a bunch of different critters out. Just tried it today so ill see if the internet's claims are true and how long it lasts.
Hey Matthew, did that wd-40 worked?
I recently started a job as a caretaker of a rural property where we have a large log cabin structure with a lot of good hiding places that are unreachable for me. The past few weeks I've been cleaning up thousands of these things but since the structure is so large with so many spots for them to hide I feel like I'm just fighting a losing battle. Any ideas on what I might be able to do?
What did you end up doing?
@@the_atomic_punk487 Preemptively apologize to the people who reserve the building when the bugs are around. They only seem to pop up for a month or so in the spring and fall but nothing I've tried keeps them away. Now is the time in the fall where they have moved in and they are in the thousands -_-
They infest my home only during the summer I think they do it to stay cool I have no idea how they are getting in I don’t know what to do
I am dealing with this now too and it is absolutely awful. All you can really do is spray them with a mixture of dawn dish soap and water. Dont crush them EVER, they release a smell that attracts more when they are stressed or crushed. Flushing them works great
It's so annoying. I'm just flushing them everytime I find one inside. Then I wash my hands.🙄
Ok so for all the people saying, "don't use chemicals, just use dish soap and water"... consider the following:
1) Dish soap is a chemical
2) Yes it's very effective
3) Are you proposing spraying the $hit out of the inside of my house with soapy water?
Regarding point #3, they're not inside my house yet but winter is coming - I bought a house with 3 boxelder maple trees, closest is 50ft from the house. I just spent an hour commiting genocide on a level hitherto unknown but there's no way I can get them all. I just moved out of a house with a drop-dead gorgeous sugar maple that resulted in an unholy infestation.
Comparing dish soap to a pyrethoid is bonkers. If the user is aware of the risks and wants to use it, so be it, but I dont think it's right to post an informational video and pretend theres no risk of spraying your house down with nerve agents. If you've known anyone with parkinsons, you probably would be less prone to accepting that risk.
I appreciate this one the great video. 🤦🏾♂️ I thought Bud Lt was the best insecticide on the market. I've been treating trees and home foundations for many years bye golly. 0 call backs.
We appreciate the positive feedback. Unfortunately, we are not familiar with that particular insecticide. Check out our website, we have a large variety of professional grade products that may work for you. If you have any questions, reach out to us!
@@solutionspestandlawn Bud lite.... is beer. But if they're not referring to beer, I retract my statement.
Drink beer while killing bugs....
DO YOU MEAN BUD LIGHT BEER?🍺
Please answer
No amount of dish washing detergents helps , I even sprinkled fly bait on the areas beside my house , even if they did die , there are always millions of them coming from somewhere , that’s why I love cold 🥶 weather n than they disappear
Yeah but they come back, even in Wisconsin. Especially from an annoying neighbor's tree who doesn't care,
@@sandrao9668 You're not alone in that struggle with a neighbour, if that helps you feel any better. That tree is horrible with seeds and sprouts everywhere, and bugs that don't die in -40 C or below. It's all-out war with them this Fall because they've been bad all summer. 👿 Good luck!
I have the the eggs or whatever coming out of my skin from these box elder bugs I guess ,what do I do about that?
I guess there are no replies I guess it's to my comment I don't understand I just don't know why they're coming out of my skin I haven't seen none of it bugs anywhere I'm confused
😂😂😂😂
@@danhayes1595 People aren't replying because they think you're trolling. Whatever is coming out of your skin is not box elder eggs or bugs. That's not a thing. See a dermatologist to help identify what is coming out of your skin. I know I'm a year late to comment, but I hope you are well.
I like them, only dam thing I ever seen eating lovebugs
I found these bugs at school
Sick of them I saw one crawling on my leg, sneak in your cracks of your window. I believe they bite.
They sneak into your windows and crawl into your cracks...Is this only in fall ?
Box elder don’t bite and don’t damage your home, but they are certainly annoying!
there is 10000s of them out side my door
Same here
F
U said it
I ain’t even know the name of these they all climb on the outside of my house my area has so many of them There’s a full on business about getting rid of them only
F*** that box elder bugs do climb under human skin if you believe what f****** Google says maybe they don't but I say they f****** do they're coming out of my f****** skin
If you put mask, not safe for my garden I would think
Box Elder bugs are nice. Why kill them?
I have a bunch of Box Elder bugs you can have so you can have maney maney more nice friends?
I have a bunch of Box Elder bugs you can have so you can have maney maney more nice friends?
I have a bunch of Box Elder bugs you can have so you can have maney maney more nice friends?
I made a concoction of dish liquid rubbing alcohol and water, if that doesn't work than i'll just use zevo on them.
Edited: Yeah i'm just going to use bug spray, because they keep invading my room.
Ok please listen, you dont NEED CHEMICALS, YOUR BEING SOLD on chemicals that are bad for environment, unsafe for pets and you it is costly and they KNOW IT>>> what you need is WATER AND DISH SOAP... A SMALL SQUIRT IN A GALLON, AND a spray bottle.... kill them fast re- treat a few times gone...... gosh ...lets be honest here! ANY DISH SOAP WORK AND NO A LOT IS NEEDED.
You ever read the back of that dish soap? It's chemicals too.
Dish soap didn’t with for me.
some natural soaps dont work the aggressive ones do and fairly strong ratio, however I ended cutting down the boxelders last summer and fall came and went NO BUGS 🌷💛
@@suesue8380
hate these
Why would you waste time getting rid of an insect that is non-destructive and doesn't bite?
They come into my home and it’s not just a few it’s a TON they leave red/black dots all over lighter colored furniture they stink
@@brinleylll923 they're fucking every where
@@brinleylll923 and i honest to God don't understand how
@@b_p_fpv if you kill them more come I spray them with soapy water they are so nasty I have no idea how they get in
@@brinleylll923 yeah I've been spraying and it's working, slowly but surely. I actually got some Venus fly traps too, hoping they'll help a little. I honestly feel like a crackhead some times it drives me insane 🤣
That is called a Hudson sprayer not a Pump sprayer....who told you that you were a professional ?