http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/ How to Get Rid of Things: Forum Topic: Box elder bug killer- Orange cleaner! en Thu, 09 Sep 2010 14:16:07 +0000 http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/topic/box-elder-bug-killer-orange-cleaner#post-1900 Wed, 28 Oct 2009 10:53:09 +0000 getagrip 1900@http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/ <p>Hey''that's great news!! Do you think the Handi Mart is still open? </p> http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/topic/box-elder-bug-killer-orange-cleaner#post-1899 Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:08:49 +0000 samoya22 1899@http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/ <p>In the past 100 years, humans have evolved to become insusceptible to black powder munitions. Shoot yourself in the foot with one and you'll see what I'm talking about. </p> http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/topic/box-elder-bug-killer-orange-cleaner#post-1897 Mon, 26 Oct 2009 19:09:10 +0000 getagrip 1897@http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/ <p>Ironic you mention buying hand grenades. I was in a gun store recently and it seems you can buy a black powder gun ( revolver or rifle) with no criminal check. Now correct me if I'm wrong..but..Can I hold up the handi mart just as well with a pistol<br /> loaded with 45 cal. lead as a modern handgun? Uh..don't most killings take place within 20 feet of the people involved, so does it matter that the modern gun shoots farther? Didn't we used to kill each other with theses guns only 100 years ago? Maybe this is a subject for a different thread. </p> http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/topic/box-elder-bug-killer-orange-cleaner#post-1896 Mon, 26 Oct 2009 01:27:45 +0000 samoya22 1896@http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/ <p>I suppose you could use a hand grenade, but I don't know if the people who sell those would sell them to you if they knew what the application was--unless you put Edgar Martinez on top of one of those grenades. I hear he's been talking to the feds. Viva los federales! </p> http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/topic/box-elder-bug-killer-orange-cleaner#post-1891 Fri, 23 Oct 2009 20:39:43 +0000 getagrip 1891@http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/ <p>Vinnie still gets a 10. I bet the fire dept. will give him an 11.. </p> http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/topic/box-elder-bug-killer-orange-cleaner#post-1890 Fri, 23 Oct 2009 04:26:39 +0000 vinniedv8 1890@http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/ <p>Samoya22, why not hand-grenades then? </p> http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/topic/box-elder-bug-killer-orange-cleaner#post-1886 Fri, 23 Oct 2009 03:16:02 +0000 samoya22 1886@http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/ <p>Personally, I mean, if I was going to go through all the work of building a boxelder bug pile-trap, I'd save myself the $ from using orange cleaner and just pour a little kerosene on that sucker. Can you think of a more thrilling way to rid yourself of thousands of boxelder bugs? A boxelder bonfire!</p> <p>But orange cleaner? Why not glass cleaner? I use ammonia for "contact" kills because I usually have a full bottle of Windex around the house. What that says about my cleaning skills...that's up for debate. My roommate would say, "what cleaning skills?" </p> http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/topic/box-elder-bug-killer-orange-cleaner#post-1884 Thu, 22 Oct 2009 22:44:33 +0000 getagrip 1884@http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/ <p>Vinnie gets a 10.. Any other judges? J? </p> http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/topic/box-elder-bug-killer-orange-cleaner#post-1883 Thu, 22 Oct 2009 16:44:55 +0000 vinniedv8 1883@http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/ <p>I've found direct spraying of box-elder bugs with household-strength orange cleaner is effective in controlling them. This is (as all other treatments are) a contact agent only - i.e., it only kills the bugs that are sprayed directly. Once the soap solution dries, it is no longer effective. I use household-strength orange cleaner sprayed with a garden-sprayer attached to the garden hose. I spray the soap solution directly on the bugs crawling outside walls of the house, sidewalks, ground at the base of the tree, the tree trunk and lower branches, and their nests. To attract large numbers of bugs to a small area, I made a small, dense pile of box-elder branches, twigs, leaves and seeds near the base of the tree and left it for several weeks. This attracts thousands of nesting box-elder bugs, then I spray this heavily infested nest and throw away the treated debris. I sprayed several times a week during the summer to bring a fairly heavy infestation under control. I was careful to use as little spray as possible on the ground and protected nearby flowering plants, shrubs, bird-feeders, etc., from the spray. </p> <p>This method is most effect when used with other methods of controlling the box-elder bugs (controlling nesting areas, keeping the tree base-area free of fallen seeds, leaves &amp; branches, etc..). </p>