⭐ Features

Bed bugs possess a specialized mouthpart designed for piercing skin and sucking blood. They release anticoagulant and anesthetic compounds in their saliva to facilitate feeding without immediate detection. Bed bugs can survive for months without feeding by entering a semi-dormant state. They emit pheromones for communication and aggregation. Their eggs are coated with a sticky substance, allowing them to adhere to surfaces. Bed bugs exhibit a strong resistance to many common insecticides, making them difficult to eradicate.

📍 Habitat

The most common areas where you can find bed bugs include mattresses and box springs, bed frames and headboards, cracks and crevices in walls or furniture, behind baseboards, inside electrical outlets, behind picture frames, in upholstered furniture, and in luggage or clothing after travel. Bed bugs prefer locations close to where people sleep or rest.

⭐ Features

Boxelder bugs have a distinctive feeding behavior, primarily consuming seeds and leaves of boxelder, maple, and ash trees. They emit a pungent odor from specialized scent glands as a defense mechanism against predators. These bugs are known for their tendency to aggregate in large groups, especially on warm surfaces and inside buildings during cooler months. They undergo incomplete metamorphosis, developing from egg to nymph to adult without a pupal stage. Boxelder bugs can also survive for extended periods without food, particularly during overwintering.

📍 Habitat

Boxelder bugs are most commonly found on boxelder trees, as well as maple and ash trees. They often gather on the sunny sides of buildings, especially in the fall, seeking warmth. Indoors, they are frequently found near windows, doors, and in cracks or crevices as they try to overwinter inside homes and other structures.

⭐ Features

Stink bugs are known for their ability to emit a pungent odor as a defense mechanism when threatened. They possess specialized glands that release this smell to deter predators. Stink bugs are also notable for their piercing-sucking mouthparts, which they use to feed on plant juices, often causing damage to crops and ornamental plants. Additionally, they exhibit a unique overwintering behavior, seeking shelter in homes and buildings during colder months. Their shield-like body shape aids in camouflage among leaves, and some species can produce a buzzing sound when flying.

📍 Habitat

Stink bugs are most commonly found in gardens, agricultural fields, orchards, and wooded areas. They are also frequently seen on the exterior walls of homes, especially in late summer and early fall as they seek shelter indoors. Inside, they may be found in attics, basements, window frames, and other quiet, protected spaces.

⭐  Features

Asian Lady Beetles are known for their ability to emit a yellow, foul-smelling fluid from their leg joints as a defense mechanism, a process called "reflex bleeding." They are also notable for their tendency to aggregate in large numbers indoors during autumn, seeking shelter to overwinter. Unlike many other lady beetles, they can be aggressive and may bite humans, though the bites are harmless. Additionally, Asian Lady Beetles are highly adaptable, preying on a wide variety of agricultural pests, which makes them beneficial for pest control but also capable of outcompeting native species.

📍 Habitat

Asian Lady Beetles are most commonly found in gardens, agricultural fields, forests, and around homes. They are attracted to areas with abundant aphids and other soft-bodied insects, which are their primary food source. In the fall, they often gather on sunny exterior walls and may enter buildings through cracks and crevices to overwinter indoors.