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Question: Why are they called "Boxelder" bugs?
Answer: Boxelder bugs get their name from the female boxelder tree they feed on.

 

Question: Why are they in my house?
Answer: During the fall, they cluster around the lower tree trunk or on sunny foundations walls just before they disperse to find hiding places. After which they will over winter in cracks and crevices until spring. During early spring you will notice them coming out of their hiding spots, often a home or office.

Question: They come back every year, what can I do?
Answer: There are a couple of things. One is to treat around the base of the boxelder tree during the summer months and again in the fall. In the fall you will want to treat the foundation of the building they are over-wintering in to keep the number down. The only sure way to eliminate them is to get rid of the tree all together.

Question: How do the get into my home or office?
Answer During the spring the boxelder bug will emerge, many times ending up in your home.

Question: Do they bite?
Answer No.

Does Arrow offer programs to treat Boxelder Bugs?
Answer Absolutely! Arrow is a full service pest control company. Simply contact us by clicking on the contact us or calling 516-593-7770

BIOLOGY.. The boxelder bugs go through their adult stage in dry, sheltered places where they accumulate in gregarious masses. Often times this is a building or house. When the weather warms up, the bugs leave their places of hibernation to fly to boxelder trees where they deposit their eggs. The eggs are usually deposited in bark crevices and hatch in 11 to 14 days. The Nymphs feed by inserting their beaks into leaves, fruits or soft seeds and sucking the plant juices. This will continue until the weather cools off and they will go into hibernation.

RECOGNITION. The boxelder bug is about 1/2 inch long and brownish-black in color with red stripes on the thorax and wing margins. The body is also bright red. Eggs are a rusty red color and are not often seen since they are deposited in and on boxelder tree.The Nymph will resemble an adult but do not have fully developed wings and cannot reproduce.

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Adult earwigs are 5/8-inch long, dark brown in color, with a red head and pale yellow-brown legs. They usually have two pairs of wings, the hind wings being fully developed and found folded beneath the short, leathery front wings. Earwigs have a pincer-like appendage at the end of their abdomen that is called a forcep.

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Question: Why are they called "Carpet Beetle" ?
Answer: As their name implies, they are capable of damaging non-synthetic carpets, furs, clothing such as suits, blouses, sweaters etc.

Question: What else to Carpet Beetles feed on?
Answer: These pests feed on a wide variety of substances found in structures. These include human and animal hair, wool, furs, hide, feathers and dead insects.  

Question: How can I tell if they are Carpet Beetles?
Answer: Carpet Beetles larvae are about 1/8 inch long and narrow and have often been described as "carrot shaped". There are several types of Carpet Beetles, the Black Carpet Beetle, Varied Carpet Beetle and Furniture Carpet Beetle.

Question: Where will they be nesting?
Answer: You can find them nesting in wall spaces where you may have had a bird, bee, mice, rat or squirrel nest.  

Question: Where can they found in my home?
Answer: They can be found in any or all the rooms in your home.

Question: How do the get into my home or office?
Answer: During the spring they feed outside on pollen and very often they fly inside the house and lay eggs.

Question: Do they bite?
Answer: No. But the bristles or hairs on the larvae stage causes irritation to some people.

Question: Are they difficult to control? Can I do it myself?
Answer: Anything is possible. However, when Arrow Treats a home for Carpet Beetles it may take two service persons 1-2 days to treat the house thoroughly and we will probably return several times.  

Does Arrow offer programs to treat Carpet Beetles?
Answer: Absolutely! Arrow is a full service pest control company. Simply contact us by clicking on the contact us or calling 516-593-7770

BIOLOGY. Class/Order/Family: Insecta/Coleoptera/Dermestidae The most common carpet beetle are the varied (Anthrenus verbasci) and black (Attagenus megatoma). The adults of both are oval-shaped and 1/8-3/16 inch long. The larvae of both are about 1/4 inch long, elongated and oval, with shorter brownish or black bristles, arranged more in a fan-like position on each side. The carpet beetle is also called the old-fashioned C.B. or "buffalo bug." The female lays about 100 soft, white eggs in clothing, furniture, cracks, and other concealed places. Eggs will hatch in 8 to 15 days in summer and linger in cool weather. The black carpet beetle will normally have one generation per year while the other carpet beetles have up to four per year.

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