Stink Bugs
Stink Bug Control
For lots of kids, stink bugs are a fun distraction outside on warm summer days. Put a stick in front of one, and they’ll spin around, drop their head, lift their tail and if you continue to provoke them you might get rewarded with a spray that smells something like putrid cilantro or spoiled coriander. Outside they’re harmless and part of the natural ecosystem. Stink bugs across the globe are often used by wasps to implant their larvae inside.
There are an estimated 4,700 species of stink bugs in the world, and about 250 of them call America home. In their native element, they’re not a problem, but when their native element becomes the walls and attic of your home, they create a huge problem. Stink bugs are more resistant to pesticide than other household pests so the unwary homeowner can sometimes create more problems than they solve when they reach for the spray can of bug killer. The solution to a stink bug invasion comes in calling in a professional. In the Downers Grove area, the people to call are Frontline Pest Control.
There is much more to solving a stink bug infestation than only poisoning, trapping or vacuuming these foul-smelling pests out of your home. Once they’re eradicated, they will soon reappear if their entrance into your home isn’t blocked, or if the eggs they’ve laid are not killed as well. Frontline Pest Control can clear your property of these miniature, armor-clad skunks and determine where they’re entering your home.
But, there is a much more destructive pest
than the native stink bug that has been introduced into the U.S. The Brown Marmorated Stink Bug (BMSB) came to the United States from China, Japan or Korea onboard a merchant ship sometime in the late 1990s. Evidence indicated they first arrived in Pennsylvania, but they soon spread across the nation. This Asian Stink Bug has no natural predators in North or South America and has thrived in an environment with no checks and balance and no limitations. The BMSB can inhabit your home just like its indigenous relatives, but it is far more destructive to crops, especially home gardens. If you plant a garden and you notice your tomatoes rotting just as they’re about to become ripe you might see a few telltale signs of a BMSB attack. These garden killers bite through the skin of ripening fruit, particularly tomatoes, and suck out the juice inside the fruit. The fruit is slightly wrinkled, but the real damage comes when bacteria use the BMSB bite entrance to multiply inside the fruit and turn it rotten.
You can spray, you can vacuum, you can tear down wallboard, pull up the trim and remove windows as many do it yourself experts claim and spend thousands of dollars in the process and never get rid of these pests or you can call Frontline Pest Control. Illinois is targeted as a state with severe BMSB infestation, and it takes a pro to battle these invaders, call us today.