Those Black and Orange Bugs on Your House Are Looking for a Way In.

See those black and orange bugs piling up on the sunny side of your house? Those are boxelder bugs, and their stinky cousins the brown marmorated stink bugs are right behind them. Every October they show up the same way, crowding around windows and doors on warm afternoons, looking for the tiniest gap to squeeze through.

Here is what most people get wrong about them. They are not eating your house. They are not biting you. They are just looking for a warm wall to spend the winter on, and your house is the warm wall. The problem starts when they find a gap around a window frame or a crack in the siding. Once a few get in, the rest follow the scent trail, and then you are finding them on your curtains and windowsills all winter long. Squish a stink bug and you will learn where the name comes from.

The fix is simple and it works best right now, before the real cold hits. I treat the outside of the house, around every window, door, and crack they are gathering on. That stops them before they get inside, which is the whole game with fall invaders. Sealing the obvious gaps helps too, and I will point out the ones I see while I am there.

If they are already covering your siding, do not wait. Every warm afternoon brings more of them. Call me at 1-844-772-6699 and I will come take a look. Free inspections, honest work, and you will not be sharing your living room with bugs all winter.