[Karrie]

Box Elders are attracted to maple trees - and I'm very familiar with them. The mature bugs like to sun on the south side of the house and they are very much a nuisance.

Dawn dish soap and hot water kills 'em!! And its very safe. Small box elders are little red bugs and breed in the rocks (we had river rock ground cover around the pool and there were thousands breeding in the rocks). Get 'em while they're still in the rocks - its much easier to flood the rocks than spray the house.

Maybe next time, you can keep Chloe with you!

Good luck!!