People living in a Spanish Springs neighborhood are battling an insect problem. Thousands of tiny little bugs are invading their yards and homes.
Experts believe these critters are false chinch bugs that migrate in huge groups. They're crawling on sidewalks, tree branches, even up to residents'Â front doors.
Katie Rael noticed a sea of the bugs moving on her property.Â
"They're all coming up the driveway and onto my garage door and I looked inside the garage and they're getting underneath and inside," said Rael.Â
James Kroshus added, "They're not very big. But there's just a billion, trillion of them."
Clark Pest Control says business has been busy with calls about hordes of these insects moving across neighborhoods in Spanish Springs.Â
The problem is, there's not really a treatment to get rid of them. Experts say chinch bugs do not respond to pesticides or repellant as much as other bugs do. That could mean these bugs may stick around for another three to four weeks, until they come back again next year.Â
Clark Pest Control says you can reduce infestation by cleaning up leaves and debris around your property.Â
"About this time of year is when the weeds start to turn brown and they run out of a food source and they tend to migrate. They're really good fliers but they actually tend to crawl more than they do fly," said John Young, with Clark Pest Control.Â
While it's unsightly to see a swarm of bugs like this where you live, they are harmless to people.
