Box Elder Bugs!! FUCKERS!

[lampost]

Have any of you guys had problems with these little fuckers? I hate these bugs.. they're the little black ones that have little red eyes and little red lines on their back/wings. We had them at my house when I was a kid... they're pretty harmless but they can be a nuisance when you have a lot of them... they group together where it's warm and form a "sea" of box elder bugs.

Anyway, I noticed that these guys are attracted to my plants. Each time I come in when the lights are on I'll find 2-5 of these suckers hanging around. Today I found one on the sickest clone... I think I'll be able to handle them as it doesn't appear that there are too many of them and they don't appear to be a very efficient consumer of cannabis (like I am LOL). But nonetheless I don't want these fuckers causing any problems.

I'm not sure if they're attracted to the heat of the lights or the actual plants? I've noticed that they aren't around when it's dark, but that could be because all the other predators in my basement (centipedes, spiders, etc.) are keeping them in check then... I don't know.

Anybody else noticed these guys in the garden? Did they cause you any problems?? I think I'll be OK unless they start multiplying like mad!! I think they'll go back outside once it gets warmer too!

lampost Reviewed by lampost on 01-10-2010. Box Elder Bugs!! FUCKERS! Have any of you guys had problems with these little fuckers? I hate these bugs.. they're the little black ones that have little red eyes and little red lines on their back/wings. We had them at my house when I was a kid... they're pretty harmless but they can be a nuisance when you have a lot of them... they group together where it's warm and form a "sea" of box elder bugs. Anyway, I noticed that these guys are attracted to my plants. Each time I come in when the lights are on I'll find Rating: 5

[Charbud]

Presuming they cant fly..

I would rub vaseline around the bottom of your pots if they crawl up from the bottom or just at the bottom of your plants stem to stop them climbing your plant. If they can fly, i wouldnt know what to do, maybe organic pesticide !!

good luck
Charbud