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Carpenter bees are one stinging bug we don’t have—I hear that stings are rare though. We’ve got nearly every other N.A. stinging and biting bug though. A quick web search on ‘carpenter bees’ yields a bunch of sites. Here’s one with a bunch of articles, and most have a university connection. Many of the sites though simply are commercial exterminators.
http://www.projectlinks.org/bees/
Thanks for posting the question. I know my response didn’t provide much useful information, but the question did prompt me to search for a solution for our own latest plague. LADYBUGS! Add them to the traditional bug plagues around here and now the bug plagues go year around. These ladybugs bite too. I did find some useful information about ladybugs and maybe carpenter bees as well.
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I did a web search on 'lady bug control' and found a fair number of sites, but I didn't save any bookmarks. After a plague last fall and having them come out inside the house all winter, the problem may seem almost biblical, but the problem will soon be over--at least till next fall.
There are various traps for indoor use marketed. However, the sense seems to be that once the bugs are inside a vacuum cleaner is about the best control. There was a comment that at this time of year, the bugs are trying to get outside, and opening windows might help. Prevention rather than cure does seem to be the main thing--sealing cracks, caulking windows etc. There is a spray mentioned on a web site and by public officials here last fall. We might try some during the next fall plague. Spray the whole outside of our house and then move to our camp to get away from the spray.
My sympathies to your folks. It may be a somewhat localized problem--at least people in town 20 miles from here aren't too aggravated. But if you've got them, the bugs have been an extraordinary problem for a few years and especially last fall. It was pretty spectacular to see our while house turn orange. After a week or so of it, I went on a killing rampage and vacuumed six or seven gallons of at a time off the outside of our house and hardly touched the numbers.
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There's a whole range of bugs that are subject to parasites such as some species of wasps (I don’t believe these wasps sting humans, but Asian ladybugs do and I have first hand experience). The wasps don’t exactly eliminate the problem, but they do cut down the size of one. Planting yarrow attracts these wasps.
I'm not sure if my northern bug books talk about mud daubers. If anybody is interested, I could take a stab at finding out whether daubers or carpenter bees are subject to these wasps. I already know ladybugs aren't, which is too bad because we've got bunches of yarrow in the bush around here.
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