The coming of the bugs.
I read in the paper today that the Box Elder Bugs are coming out of hibernation. These are the bugs that made me start to think about learning some on bugs. I had never seen them before moving here. I lived about 150 miles away, but we had none where I grew up.
They are a nuisance, but they don't do much, if any, damage to trees and plants. The picture above doesn't do justice to the brilliance of the bright red/orange on it's back and wings. I had a fairly thick bunch of them on the south side of the house last fall. They like to sun themselves on light surfaces. If they get in your house, a vaccuum cleaner works nicely for catching them. Relatively speaking, they are harmless. No reason for using toxics.
Peace,
Raymond
Bugs
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maa
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I figure that they were here first and I just live and let live.
Your comment at my blog about the quarter of a cup of oregeno made me laugh. You are funny sometimes.You also seem to be a great dad.
maa's mom
OOOh! Ladybugs...
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Monday, February 19, 2007
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zoggypdx
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Granted, there is a beetle that looks like a lady bug, but it's bad. Going to have to look through my literature to find out exactly how,or how to tell the difference. Any bug in the house can be annoying, and a nuisance. I have never found chemicals necessary for bugs. Traps and companion planting work fine for me. Soap, if it's really serious.
Peace,
Raymond
Asian Beetles or Lady Bug Beetles
K, I know you were talking about Box Elder Bugs in your post, but you mentioned the Lady Bird Beetle also known as the Lady Bug Beetle down below here. It has been a while since I did my Entomology but I think the look alike beetle is the Asian lady bird beetle. They are similar to the Lady Bugs we know of, but as you said they can be bad. The Asian beetles tend to damage the soybean crops. Once the crops are harvested they start looking for other places to live and usually end up in our homes. They do eat aphids in large numbers like their counterpart though. I guess one of the big problems with the Asian Beetles is that they invade our homes and tend to make a mess. The Lady Bug and Asian beetles are rather hard to tell apart the both can come with no spots or upwards of 19 spots per body. Though around here it seems that the Asian beetles has the greatest number of spots. Also, the Asian beetles tend to be bigger then the Lady bug. One key to telling them apart is the fact that the Asian beetles have NO black spots on their wing covers. Another thing I noticed is that Asian beetles usually have a cream colored head with 1 black splotch on top of each half. Ok, I admit it, Entomology was one of my favorite courses in college. Who doesn't love putting on hip waders and slogging through waist deep water looking for bugs. LOL
Blessings,
Lydia
Edited by DakotaSoaplady on Monday, February 19, 2007 at 06:52
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thanks for the update.... we live right near to Box elder county" hmmm...... when we moved here, we saw hundreds in the house. we were told they are harmless to plants and they do not carry disease, so let em live, I say.... just not in my kitchen!
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