All of sudden in the past month, our house seems to be invaded by these bugs. There are days when we find 10 or more. We get rid of them as we see them, but I wish there was something else we could do to stop the infestation.
We have a caravan on a site on the edge of Dartmoor, near Ashburton in Devon. I found one of these bugs in my caravan awning, crawling up the side of the van, on 25th September this year... the wife didn't like the look of it, so I caught it and let it go outside. A week later I found another inside the awning, crawling across towards the van. I trapped it in a tupperware box, and took a couple of pics. Again, let it go... was sure it was a moth, decided to try and find it on the internet... Success!!! Hope I don't find a colony of them in the van when we re-open it in March!!
I found one in my bathroom this evening, at 1st glance thought it was a cricket or something from my boyfriends bearded dragon's food box but then looked it up and confirmed by its visual markings and size that it was a western conifer seed bug, I live in Bournemouth on the south coast so no surprise there then, I'm sure many of these new creatures have now been spotted
I have just identified the little guy I found crawling down my top floor flat wall last evening as one of these - I live in the centre of Northampton! They've been doing some exploring eh?
Reply to Norfolk, MA Unfortunately, the hibernating urge of insects is very powerful and they know a good site when they find one. It is possible that you may be able to disguise the aggregation pheromone by cleaning the corners where they hibernate, and entry points, using aromatic solvents like nail-varnish remover, industrial alcohol or rubbing alcohol. The trouble is that these are exactly the substances to damage finishes on plastic, wood and metal, and will dissolve varnishes and lacquers.
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I found one of these bugs in my caravan awning, crawling up the side of the van, on 25th September this year... the wife didn't like the look of it, so I caught it and let it go outside.
A week later I found another inside the awning, crawling across towards the van. I trapped it in a tupperware box, and took a couple of pics. Again, let it go... was sure it was a moth, decided to try and find it on the internet... Success!!!
Hope I don't find a colony of them in the van when we re-open it in March!!
You're right it is easy to identify.
South Wales,
Glamorgan University,
Treforest
I have just identified the little guy I found crawling down my top floor flat wall last evening as one of these - I live in the centre of Northampton! They've been doing some exploring eh?
Unfortunately, the hibernating urge of insects is very powerful and they know a good site when they find one. It is possible that you may be able to disguise the aggregation pheromone by cleaning the corners where they hibernate, and entry points, using aromatic solvents like nail-varnish remover, industrial alcohol or rubbing alcohol. The trouble is that these are exactly the substances to damage finishes on plastic, wood and metal, and will dissolve varnishes and lacquers.