How To Exterminate Stink Bugs In 4 Essential Methods
13 May 2011 | TomatoCare
You will know how tough and how annoying life is when your house is infested with stink bugs. You will find these bugs everywhere in the house, having stinky smell and flying around with annoying sound. Before reaching your boiling point, you need to find a way on how to eradicate stink bugs.
Get your life back with your family and get rid of these bugs permanently with the following 3 essential methods:-
1. Vacuum These Bugs
Take out your vacuum and vacuum each and every stink bugs you see in the house. It doesn’t matter if the bug is alive, just vacuum them all. Also remember to vacuum the dark and attic place and places where you seldom go as they tend to become breeding grounds for these bugs.
The best will be to use hand-held vacuum as they are light and portable and easy to use. You need to get ready several vacuum bags as the bugs will stink these bags after being vacuumed in.
2. Catch and Kill
You can catch these bugs and then put them in a jar filled with soap water or alcohol. This will kill the bugs instantly. Alternatively you can flush these bugs down your toilet.
A reminder to wear gloves when you catch these insects to prevent your hands from becoming stinky. The stink bugs will release foul stinky smell when they sense danger or being mishandled. This is their natural defense mechanism to protect themselves. I am sure you don’t want to have stinkg smell on your hand right?
3. Call in the Exterminator
One of the easiest ways to exterminate these bugs is by calling in an exterminator. You need to discuss with the local exterminator on the most effective ways to get rid of these insects. From my experience, this is only a temporal solution and not a permanent solution as the bugs tend to return, sometimes in just a few hours. So do think twice before calling in the exterminators. You may pay for something that is not effective.
4. Release the Natural Predators
Stink bugs are not native to the United States of America and hence they do not have many natural predators here. Some of the known predators for these bugs are: praying mantis, spiders and birds. However, there is limitation to this method as these predators can only kill a small number of these bugs. If your house is already infested with these bugs, then it may be too late to release these predators
With the above mentioned 4 methods, I am sure you have learned some new ways on how to get rid of stink bugs. Start taking action today. Act now before it is too late. Act now to get back the quality life that you have with your family.
