How To Get Rid Of Boxelder bugs (Maple Bugs) Without Pesticides

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7 ай бұрын

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In this video, Shannon shows you how to get rid of Boxelder bugs (maple bugs) without using pesticides
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@renovatio1988 7 ай бұрын

If I was an old house, and was bought, and saw Shannon walk in, I’d be pumped.

@rung1915 7 ай бұрын

Love this channel so much

@beebester4106 6 ай бұрын

This is amazing! I'm on it!

@ronm6585 7 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing.

@vonbuttercup 7 ай бұрын

Thanks! And great timing, I noticed the infestation today on my garage and wondered what those were.

@WhenTheManComesAround 7 ай бұрын

Thanks for the great tip my friend 👍👍

@TheSlipperyNoodle 7 ай бұрын

Good work. We do not have tose in NS but it works for earwigs too.

@Maxid1 7 ай бұрын

A flame thrower is more fun but there is that setting your house on fire problem...

@brenthassler5917 23 күн бұрын

I’ve been waiting for springtime ever since I saw this video. This works so well! This has to be one of the easiest things to do that offers such a big payoff. And my kids love helping me out by doing it for me, so we should be set this summer!

@xpkkingx 7 ай бұрын

This is so useful

@willjohnsonjohnson 7 ай бұрын

The soap removes the waxy coating that prevents water from getting in. Then the water seeps in a suffocates them. Works great on wasps, but I don't recommend trying that without a bee suit.

@Mr.PoopyDoobertPants 7 ай бұрын

If you edit the video title to include their other name, Boxelder bug, you’ll probably reach even more people with this info! Thanks as always for the great vid.

@dickiegreenleaf750 7 ай бұрын

Great video, Shannon. I didn't even know these bugs existed. Chicago here.

@StormAra 7 ай бұрын

My actual frigging hero. Was literally googling different remedies today. Gonna splash the poor bastards tomorrow

@shilos836 7 ай бұрын

We have sooo many this year. They are horrible. I'll have to try your recipe!

@HouseImprovements 7 ай бұрын

It works well Shilo, its nice that there is no harm to animals ,kids or plants also.

@bw538 7 ай бұрын

Tried this using a higher concentration of dish soap (Dawn) on wasps. Worked pretty good. Used a pressure washer soap dispenser to apply it.

@that1guy487 6 ай бұрын

This works so well! I've been using this method since I saw this video and it is just incredible. 2 tablespoons of dawn to 1 gallon of water. It usually takes about 15 seconds from being sprayed to being dead. The bigger the bug the longer it takes It kills everything with an exoskeleton. Crickets, earwigs, bees, wasps, ants, stink bugs, lady bugs, etc Thanks for posting this video!

@Morasavillemeditation 7 ай бұрын

Works really well for squash bugs here in Southern USA. A 90% kill rate is not bad 😊

@f87eeiiie 7 ай бұрын

Boxelder bugs were out of control last year in southern Ontario. Our house was infested with them all winter. I haven't seen them congregating yet like your's are, but when they do we'll be spraying them with dish soap

@TravisInCanada1 5 ай бұрын

I have issues like this with Crickets when we have a dry summer. I have found that Dawn dish soap in a hog sprayer works like a charm. However I shake the sprayer up and make it really foam and than blast them with the foam killing them in seconds. I even went a step further and put Dawn dish soap in the detergent tank on my pleasure washer, than turned it on foam and sprayed around my whole house.

@vmiln 7 ай бұрын

In our village, they sprayed it with cattle urine. It worked too.

@jeffandphoebe 7 ай бұрын

We call them Boxelder bugs in Michigan

@mikechiodetti4482 7 ай бұрын

I've never heard of them. Growing up in Massachusetts we never had those in that area. We got small ants in California. I can slow them down with water, I know brakleen kills them, but damages the grass. Maybe your on to something with the dishwashing soap. I've got some thick car washing soap that might work.

@sweetiestgirl 7 ай бұрын

I put vinegar with my water/dish soap also it works as well :)

@abcee7930 Ай бұрын

I like to add tumeric and lip balm to the mix, I mean I know dish soap works and I don't need to add those things, but I do.

@My-Say 7 ай бұрын

I wondered what those damn things were called. Good to know.

@Pepe-dq2ib 7 ай бұрын

I do it with a car wash foam gun and dawn detergent with the pressure washer.

@gth042 7 ай бұрын

I thought of doing that to my yard right after a granular pesticide application so it brings up buried grubs. Never had the guts to do it though.

@milehighslacker4196 7 ай бұрын

Thanks! Do you have a similar solution (no pun intended) for grasshoppers?

@HouseImprovements 7 ай бұрын

Sorry, no

@janew5351 7 ай бұрын

If you have white siding and face south you will have 1000s of them in fall! Also get round winged Asian lady bugs with them which stain if you swat them!

@micaonyx5301 6 ай бұрын

I used simple green with cleaning vinegar from the dollar store, works like a charm 😄 I was thinking maybe i'll put a bug zapper outside at night and see how it goes.

@HouseImprovements 6 ай бұрын

simple green and water is all you would need.

@josephgibbs3359 7 ай бұрын

I spread diatemaceous earth powder sround the maple trees in early spring

@bulldog1961 7 ай бұрын

When they clump up when it's cooler, I suck them up with my shop vac.

@user-gx7zy7fu7p 7 ай бұрын

If you add a bit of Axe body wash to the soap and water mixture it kills them instantly. You don't need much Axe body wash to do the job.

@Maxid1 7 ай бұрын

But then all the neighbor women end up in your yard.

@kaboom362 7 ай бұрын

@@Maxid1 Haha

@HouseImprovements 7 ай бұрын

@Maxid1 😂

@FixthisCD 7 ай бұрын

Never even heard of a maple bug

@HouseImprovements 7 ай бұрын

Many places know them as Boxelder Bugs, maybe Maple Bug is a Canadian term , LOL!

@williamalbright8878 7 ай бұрын

Haven’t seen any here Wva USA yet Shannon but I will keep an eye out for them. Thanks for sharing sir.

@FixthisCD 7 ай бұрын

@@HouseImprovements Ahh yes, Box elder bug. We have more of any issue with Asian lady bugs. Maybe I can try the same tactic

@Rem694u2 7 ай бұрын

@@HouseImprovements I'm Canadian from Southern Ontario and I have never seen or heard of a Maple Bug. lol

@trevor5290 7 ай бұрын

I too live in Southern Ont and I have never heard of them. We live in the forest surrounded by Maple Trees if that has anything to do with it.. but we have never seen bugs like this. Always appreciate videos from Shannon though!

@matambale 7 ай бұрын

Plus, rinse with plain water, and you've just washed the side of your house!

@christyd5953 4 ай бұрын

Would this work on Elm Beetles?

@HouseImprovements 2 ай бұрын

I'm not sure

@pearlz2495 2 ай бұрын

How can I get rid of them permanently? The outside and inside of my house are absolutely filled with these! I have a huge maple tree in front of my house which I believe is the reason my house is infested!

@HouseImprovements 2 ай бұрын

No permanent way that I know of.

@jadslash 7 ай бұрын

Never knew that's what they're called

@rj9236 7 ай бұрын

I have been fighting with them all season. Dish soap has not worked for me at all. I have tried up to a whole bottle of soap and still no luck. I am still looking for a non pesticide solution.

@user-gx7zy7fu7p 7 ай бұрын

Add some Axe body wash to the soap and water

@HouseImprovements 7 ай бұрын

You have to be relentless on doing it, this is not a one time thing. You only kill the ones you contact with water and soap, These things hatch new little ones everyday and until you get ahead of them you don't see much difference . If you see 100 on your wall there are 2000 more in the grass and eggs unhatched to boot. At my house ( not the place in the video) I have been spraying relentlessly 3-4 times a since June and now over the last 3 weeks there are finally hardly any all day.

@rj9236 7 ай бұрын

I have spent 80$ on dish soap this year.

@MatthewGallas 7 ай бұрын

Try sprinkling diatomaceous earth on them

@koyceurns-ou6uo 7 ай бұрын

@@HouseImprovementsI had them last year....I also took a bucket of soap and water and poured it around the base of my trees.i tried to kill as many as I could. Have them again this year but not as many and none on my trees so far.

@truthreigns7 7 ай бұрын

Great idea. You might check the spelling on your video title.

@acaenbethel 7 ай бұрын

But he did make them rest in peace. 😁

@HouseImprovements 7 ай бұрын

Thanks for the tip

@truthreigns7 7 ай бұрын

@@HouseImprovements You are welcome. I do like @acaenbethel post about R.I.P.

@RocketCityTech 7 ай бұрын

Gasoline instead of detergent for some explosive results

@HouseImprovements 7 ай бұрын

we'll that is one way I guess! LOL

@c.thibodeau2731 7 ай бұрын

I did this and they keep coming back.

@HouseImprovements 7 ай бұрын

It only kills the ones you contact , it takes many applications to see real progress. Keep it up every day and even a few times a day, until you get them under control.

@aaron74 7 ай бұрын

Of course you guys call those damn things maple bugs, that is so Canadian. We call them boxelder bugs here.

@warrenmichael918 7 ай бұрын

Southern Illinois boy here, never seen those here. We see those goofy Asian lady bugs though.

@FishFind3000 7 ай бұрын

Northern Illinois guy here. We get them

@ENFPerspectives 7 ай бұрын

👆🤜🏽🤛🏽

@alexmatt4012 7 ай бұрын

As a vegan, I am not vegan anymore.

@Crozzcarryr 6 ай бұрын

why does this guy look like he has every answer to life’s problems 🤔…

@HouseImprovements 6 ай бұрын

I don't have them all but i'm trying! LOL.

@CerealDust-nStuff 6 ай бұрын

Because he does.

@batzzz2044 7 ай бұрын

They are boxelder bugs my guy....

@renovatio1988 7 ай бұрын

Same thing.

@HouseImprovements 7 ай бұрын

Yup , more commonly called maple bugs in my area.

@bradwhite6491 7 ай бұрын

Cut the box elder tree down! It’s the best option

@malinoisnation9392 7 ай бұрын

Spray them off ur house w a house. Then hit them w the soap

@bigorangecatgoogal7586 2 ай бұрын

Rake the leaves away from the house, sweep the deck......they eat maple tree seeds and leaves.

@HouseImprovements 2 ай бұрын

I wish it was that easy to get rid of them

@PhillyFixed 17 күн бұрын

We don't have any leaves or trees up against our house and we have just as many.

@mandyleeson1 3 ай бұрын

Why are you killing them? They don't do any damage.

@HouseImprovements 3 ай бұрын

They are gross and covering everything.

@JohanCody 2 ай бұрын

They cause damage inside.

@bigorangecatgoogal7586 2 ай бұрын

@@JohanCodyno they dont.

@JohanCody 2 ай бұрын

@@bigorangecatgoogal7586 They absolutely do. They stain walls, furniture, and upholstery.

@JohanCody 2 ай бұрын

@@bigorangecatgoogal7586 they stain and damage upholstery, walls, and windows.

@JS-ii4xr 7 ай бұрын

Shame people want to kill these. They’reabsolutely harmless. Harmless

@HouseImprovements 7 ай бұрын

You are correct they are harmless but a real nuisance in large numbers .

@dearthworm 6 ай бұрын

They leave brown stains and streaks of excrement on my house. I've had to scrub the back wall of my garage three times this summer. In the fall they infiltrate your house through cracks and crevices and can fall into your food in the kitchen when you're not looking.

@daledobbyn4984 6 ай бұрын

The amount of hot tub filters and water changes I go through this time of the year because they always find a way in would say otherwise, I despise maple bugs