Box Elder Bugs. Those little black and red bugs that you see in the fall, flying all over the place. Question: Where exactly do they go in the winter? Answer: They come to my house.

This winter I have killed an average of 5 or 6 of them a day. I find them on the wall, on the ceiling, in light fixtures. Many of them have been collecting inside an enclosed light fixture in the bathroom ceiling. There were so many bug carcasses that it was starting to block out the light. I pulled off the cover today and dumped out about 40 dead box elder bugs. I also usually find 2 or 3 dead ones on the floor every day, probably ones that the cat attacked and decided not to eat.

Hopefully soon, the box elders will move out and the spiders will move back in. At least spiders don't fly.