Aia kēia mau pepeke ʻulaʻula a ʻeleʻele ma kou hale a puni? E aʻo kākou e pili ana i ka Boxelder Bug!

Ua piha koke anei kou hale i nā ʻōhua liʻiliʻi ʻulaʻula a ʻeleʻele e kolo ana ma nā paia a kokoke i nā puka makani? He mea weliweli iki ia, ʻeā? ʻOi loa aku hoʻi i nā lā lā, i ka wā e puka koke mai ai lākou a hoʻopiha i ka hale, manaʻo ʻoe, "He mea hoʻonāukiuki." Nui ka poʻe e makaʻu nei i kēia mau pepeke, akā he pilikia nui anei kēia? I kēia lā, e kamaʻilio kākou e pili ana i kēia pepeke i kapa ʻia ʻo Boxelder.

ʻO wai kēia pepeke boxelder?

I ka ʻōlelo maʻalahi, he pepeke maʻamau kēia boxelder, he pepeke ʻino ʻole. Ua kamaʻāina paha ʻoe me nā pepeke pilau, aia nō hoʻi i loko o ka ʻohana like o nā pepeke.

Loaʻa iā lākou ko lākou inoa mai kā lākou meaʻai nui, ʻo ia hoʻi ka ʻelemakule pahu. Ola lākou ma ka omo ʻana i ka wai mai kēia mau lāʻau. I kekahi manawa, ke pau kēia mau lāʻau, hiki iā lākou ke hōʻino i nā lāʻau e like me ka maple, ka lehu, a me nā lāʻau hua.

ʻO kahi mea kūikawā e pili ana i ko lākou pōʻaiapuni ola, ʻo ia ma nā ʻāina me ke anuanu, hele lākou i kahi pae hiamoe. I loko o ia manawa, noho lākou me ka neʻe ʻole. Ma ko mākou ʻāina, ʻike pinepine ʻia lākou i ka wā lā a maloʻo ma mua o ke kau ua.

Pehea ʻoe e ʻike pono ai i kēia kanaka?

ʻAʻole nā ​​​​​​mea pepeke a pau i loko o kou home he boxelder, no laila he mea nui e ʻike pololei.

ʻEkolu ko lākou mau pae ola - hua manu, nymph, a me ka makua. ʻIke pinepine mākou i ka makua.

• Pākeke: ʻUlaʻula ka ʻaoʻao lalo o kahi pepeke i ulu piha. Akā ua uhi ʻia e ʻelua ʻēheu ʻeleʻele lōʻihi. ʻO ke ʻano o ka hui ʻana o kēia mau ʻēheu ʻelua e like me kahi 'X' ma kona kua . ʻO kēia ke ala maʻalahi loa e ʻike ai. Hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike i kekahi mau kaha ʻulaʻula-ʻalani ma kona kino holoʻokoʻa. ʻOiai hiki iā lākou ke lele no kekahi mau mile, ʻike pinepine ʻia lākou i loko o nā ʻōhua ma nā paia a ma nā māwae o ka lepo.

• Nymph: He liʻiliʻi loa lākou i ke kahua pupal a larval paha. ʻAneʻane ʻulaʻula loa ko lākou kino. ʻAʻohe o lākou ʻēheu i kēia pae.

ʻO ka maʻamau, he hapalua ʻīniha ka lōʻihi o kahi pepeke ulu piha. Hiki iā ʻoe ke kuhihewa iā ia me kahi ʻūhini. Akā, ʻaʻole hui pū nā ʻēheu o kahi ʻūhini e like me kahi 'X', akā e like me kahi laina pololei.

He mea weliweli maoli anei kēia pepeke? E hōʻeha anei ia iā kākou?

Eia ka mea nui: ʻAʻole e hoʻopilikia nui nā ʻuku Boxelder iā ʻoe, i kāu mau holoholona, ​​​​a i kou home paha.

"A laila nahu lākou?"

Kākaʻikahi loa. ʻO ia hoʻi, hiki iā lākou ke nahu wale no ka pale ʻana iā lākou iho inā manaʻo lākou ua hoʻoweliweli ʻia. Akā, ʻaʻole ia e hana i kekahi mea ʻino maoli. ʻAʻole ia he mea ʻawahia. A ʻaʻohe o lākou ʻū.

Eia nō naʻe, ʻoiai inā ʻaʻole lākou e hōʻino nui, hiki iā lākou ke hana i kekahi mau hoʻonāukiuki liʻiliʻi.

No ke aha lākou e hele mai ai i ko mākou mau home? Pehea mākou e kipaku aku ai iā lākou?

ʻO ka mea nui, makemake ʻia nā ʻuku Boxelder i ka wela a me ka wai . E noʻonoʻo i kahi pā i loko o kou hale e wela loa ana i ka lā lā... ʻO ia kahi e hui pū ai lākou e hoʻomehana. I loko, e ʻākoakoa paha lākou a puni nā ipu pua i loko o ka hale, e ʻimi ana i ka wai.

Aia kekahi mau ala e hoʻopau ai iā lākou.

• E hoʻohana i ka mea hoʻomaʻemaʻe vacuum: ʻO ke ala maʻalahi loa, ʻo ia ke omo iā lākou me ka mea hoʻomaʻemaʻe vacuum, e sila pono i ka ʻeke, a hoʻolei aku.
• E pulumi a hoʻolei aku: E pulumi mālie me kahi pulumi, e ʻohi i ka lepo i loko o kahi pā lepo, a hoʻolei aku i waho.
• Wai kopa:E kāwili i kahi kopa holoi wai liʻiliʻi i loko o kahi ʻōmole wai a pīpī i ka hui ʻana ma kahi o lākou. A i ʻole, e holoi iā lākou me kahi lole i pulu ʻia i ka wai kopa.
• E hoʻohana i ka wai: Inā aia lākou ma nā paia ma waho o kou home, hiki iā ʻoe ke wehe iā lākou ma ka pīpī ʻana i ka wai ma luna o lākou me kahi hose.

E aʻo pū kākou e pili ana i nā pesticides.

ʻAʻole nui ka hopena o nā lāʻau pepehi kanaka i ʻae ʻia no ka hoʻohana ʻana i loko o ka hale i kēia mau pepeke. Inā hoʻoholo ʻoe e hoʻohana i nā lāʻau pepehi kanaka, e heluhelu pono i nā kuhikuhi a e ʻaʻahu i nā lako pale e like me nā pale maka a me nā mīkina lima.

Pehea e pale aku ai i kona hoʻi hou ʻana mai?

ʻO ka mea maikaʻi loa e hana ai, ʻo ia ke kāohi iā lākou mai ka hele ʻana mai i kou home. E hoʻāʻo i kēia mau mea e hana ai pēlā.

• E sila i nā lua a me nā māwae: E sila i nā lua liʻiliʻi a me nā māwae i loko o nā paia o kou hale, a puni nā mōlina puka makani, a kokoke i nā puka me ka silicone a i ʻole kahi mea hoʻopihapiha (caulk/sealant).
• E hoʻouka i nā pale: E hoʻouka i nā pale ma nā puka makani a me nā wahi ea.
• Nā hakahaka ma lalo o nā puka: E hoʻouka i kahi mea e like me nā 'door sweeps' e pani i nā hakahaka ma lalo o nā puka.
• E hoʻomaʻemaʻe i ka wahi a puni kou hale: E mālama i ka maʻemaʻe ma ka wehe ʻana i nā lau i makemake ʻole ʻia, nā lāʻau pala, a me nā ʻōpala mai nā paia o kou hale. ʻO kēia nā wahi maikaʻi loa no lākou e peʻe ai.
• Ke wehe ʻana i ke kumu meaʻai: Inā he kokoke loa nā kumu lāʻau ʻelemakule i kāu māla, e wehe i ka hua mai kēlā mau lāʻau i ka wā e hāʻule ai i ka lepo.

Ke hana ʻoe i kēia mau mea, nalowale lākou i ke ala e komo ai i loko o ka hale a me ko lākou mau wahi e peʻe ai.