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Box Elder Bugs
By: Layne Nadig & Jesse Park.
Physical Description
• Box elder bugs are a half inch long they
are black with red of orange marking.
• They can be seen at any given time in the
summer.
• They have wings that makes an x on their
backs and two long antennas.
What brings them to my plants.
• Box elders comes to my plants for
breeding purposes and because they just
came out of hibernation.
Do they damage plants.
• They remove plant fluids from newly
developed leaves that may result in
distortion of the foliage.
• They damage flowers, tender twigs, and
seeds of box elders.
What plants do they affect.
• They affect flowers and box elder trees.
• They do it in the spring.
What are the symptoms.
• The leaves and plants lose there colors.
How to prevent them.
• Mix 1-2TB of dish soap to a standard size
spray bottle filled with water and apply to
box elder bugs as you see them.
How to control a infestation.
• To control a infestation you must get rid of
the host plant.
• You also need to seal cracks around the
green house.