All sorts of pests are capable of invading your home throughout the year. But some of them are more problematic than others. Insects like boxelder bugs are more of a nuisance pest than a burden on ...

The bugs are named after boxelder trees, where they’re frequently found. However, they also feed on other trees like maple, elm, and ash trees. They can also come inside your home, where you ...

The box elder is a native tree that produces large amounts of seeds that hang on all winter. They provide food for birds and ...

These bugs reproduce and feed on female, seed producing boxelder, maple and ash trees. During late summer and fall, boxelder bugs begin leaving the trees to find protected areas for the winter.

They may be harmless, but boxelder bugs still have the power of Alfred Hitchcock’s flying swarms of birds this time of year in Minnesota, if only to those with imaginations. In “The Birds ...