**Update** on Hedge Apples

I think they work.

I haven't had nearly as many creepy crawlies since putting the hedge apples in the basement.  So, either we'd already caught & crushed the bugs or no others have come into the house.... time to laugh out loud right now!  With four kids going in and out the doors and no killing frost, there were bound to be more crawlies in the meantime. 

So, my verdict is that hedge apples DO INDEED repell the creepy crawlies and were worth the very small investment.