Box Elder Bugs
In Minnesota, boxelder bugs emerge from overwintering sites during spring as the brutal winters shift into sunnier days. The adults will be in search for low vegetation and seeds on the ground during spring and early summer, and begin mating a couple weeks after they started feeding. In mid July the females need to find seed-bearing boxelder trees (hence how they get their name) where they lay eggs on the trunks, branches and leaves. They are rarely found on male boxelder trees, and sometimes Boxelder bugs also feed on maple or ash trees.
If you’re a resident of the Minneapolis area, you probably are accustomed to Boxelder bug swarms in the fall. There are a number of reasons the number of calls for Boxelder bug extermination in the fall continues to rise here at EcoTech. If you’re experiencing an infestation of Boxelder bugs in or around your Minneapolis home, don’t hesitate to reach out to our team of experienced exterminators today.
As we prepare for fall and winter in Minnesota, it’s time to start thinking about all the pests that want to invade our warm and cozy homes! One of the bigger nuisances that we have to deal with year after year is the box elder bug. At EcoTech, each year we’re called by countless customers because of an infiltration of large colonies of box elder bugs.
It is common knowledge that Minnesota deals with extreme dips in the temperatures in the winter months (dropping from a summer average of 75oF to a bone-chilling average of 12oF in the peak of winter). It’s not only the humans that get cold and seek warmth during this season, but pests are also on the hunt for warmth. Unfortunately, that warmth is, more often than not, found in your homes and businesses.
EcoTech is the best Box Elder Bug Exterminator in the city of Minneapolis. The good news about box elder bugs is that they do not sting which means they cannot hurt you, and they do not carry diseases. So a box elder swarm cannot make you sick either. However, box elder bugs can become quite a nuisance in this area of the country.
