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box elder bugs
Hi, I just wanted to confirm that box elder bugs can be killed very inexpensively at home with warm water and dish-soap. Approximately 1/8th cup to a sprayer of warm water. Dawn works best as it has detergents that can penetrate the oily substance on the box-elder bugs backs. It will stick to them and suffocate the bugs It is funny to watch them fall from their perches in clumps after a soaking! We had an unbelievable infestation from my new neighbor’s mulch delivery. They covered our tree (golden showers) and moved to our the front of the house. This is a very well tested remedy! You may have to repeat as these bugs have a lengthy life cycle. Seems it took me an entire summer to get the tiny crawling nymphs without wings to the medium sized and adult with wings.
Merry

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