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Radio_Lady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-28-08 07:49 PM Original message |
Biology whizzes! Can you identify this housebug -- about 1/2 inch in length? |
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MountainLaurel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-28-08 07:54 PM Response to Original message |
1. Box elder bug |
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Radio_Lady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-28-08 07:59 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Hey, you got it! Thank so much! They really are quite beautiful! |
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Radio_Lady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-28-08 08:03 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. MountainLaurel, I just peeked at your livejournal link... |
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MountainLaurel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-28-08 09:14 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Not until August |
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Radio_Lady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-29-08 10:28 AM Response to Reply #5 |
14. "It's so nice to have a-man-a 'round the house..." Do you even remember that song? |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-28-08 09:15 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. Beautiful? Box elder bugs? Well, okay. |
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Radio_Lady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-28-08 09:24 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Well, I'm not planning to EAT them, but the design of orange on their wings... |
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Blue Diadem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-28-08 09:08 PM Response to Original message |
4. Dish soap and water in a spray bottle will kill them instantly. |
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Radio_Lady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-28-08 09:21 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. So I found out. Thanks for your help. I've never seen clusters... just individuals. |
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Blue Diadem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-28-08 09:36 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Our neighbor had a box elder tree, closer to our house than his. |
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Radio_Lady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-28-08 09:42 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Never heard of box elder trees -- |
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Blue Diadem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-28-08 10:16 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Do you have Maple trees nearby |
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Radio_Lady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-29-08 10:15 AM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Yes, we have just one coral bark maple and a few Japanese maple trees in our yard... |
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Blue Diadem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-29-08 11:57 AM Response to Reply #13 |
15. Re that theme song, here ya go RL |
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Radio_Lady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-28-08 09:47 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. I don't know if box elder trees grow in Portland, OR -- or Boston, MA. |
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