Often as congregating bugs accumulate outside homes, they crawl over whatever landscaping plants are present. Since often boxwood is used as a foundation planting near homes, bugs could become associated with the bushes, but the bushes are not attracting the bugs.

Do boxwoods attract flies?

Perfectly timed, just as the healthy new flush of spring growth leafs out on your boxwood shrubs, small orange flies may be visible fluttering around your boxwoods. This is the mating season for adult Boxwood Leafminers.

Do Mosquitoes like boxwood?

If you have boxwood in your garden, it’s a good idea to keep on the lookout for these tiny bugs and begin managing them before they get out of control. BOXWOOD LEAF MINERs are tiny orange, mosquito-like flies that live on and around boxwood plants.