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Originally Posted by RKDinOKC

At my old house we had a Chinaberry tree in the back yard. There were thousands of box elder bugs. The are grey with back wings that turn black with a red dot on them. Sprayed all kinds of stuff, but they were just too prolific. It was really unnerving when you would walk out into the yard and they would run from you.

Out of desperation went out and caught a big tarantula using just a paper cup. It was the time of year you see them crossing the road when driving around. Release it under our shed next to the chinaberry tree the bugs seem to run to.

Within a couple of weeks there were zero bugs to be found. ZERO. Was almost afraid to find a tarantula the size of a lawn mower. But never saw it.

Didn't have any bugs for a couple of years. Then a neighbor told me about finding and killing a huge tarantula in his back yard. Told him, "Oh no, you killed my bug eating pet!" That year with no spider the bugs came back.

Wow, cool, sort of.