Kudzu Bugs

Kudzu bugs, mistake them for beetles, are a true bug because of their wing type and beak like piercing sucking mouth parts. Kudzu bugs like to feed on kudzu (climbing, coiling, and trailing perennial vines). They use their penetrating mouthparts to draw juices from the plant.  

They are considered pests because they have a habit of congregating in massive numbers on sun exposed exteriors to warm themselves when the weather gets cooler in the fall. They enter homes through cracks, crevices and holes to survive the winter where they are dormant till the spring. They have a chemical defense that is quite an unpleasant smell. Preventatives measures include closing up all openings and pesticide applications to exteriors, cracks and wall voids.

gogreenpestcontrol.ca Ladner Tsawwassen Delta B.C. Randy Bilesky

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