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(Message started by: BarbaraD on Nov 10^th, 2007, 4:39pm)

Title: Need BUG help!!!!!
Post by BarbaraD on Nov 10^th, 2007, 4:39pm

This is something I've never seen before. I've been invaded by LADYBUGS!! I don't mean a few - I mean swarms.... And it was all of a sudden.

They're taking over the house. Everything I've read on them says they won't hurt anything - they're just looking for a warm place for winter -- it's WARMER outside!!!! We turned on the A/C and turned it down COLD so maybe they'll go OUTSIDE where it's warm...

The research said that once they get inside the vacuum is about the only way to get rid of them, so I've been vacuuming walls and ceilings all day today, but they're still swarming in everytime a door is opened. They're all over my house....

Does anyone know of anything to KILL them... I know they're supposed to be good luck, so I'm going to go buy a lottery ticket cause with this many I'm sure to win!!!

I swear in all my years, I've never seen more than one or two ladybugs at a time and that was far between. They're just not that popular around here. These remind me of a swarm of locus.. (I have seen them before and it's not a pretty sight).

If anyone has any suggestions..... HELP!!!

Hugs BD

Title: Re: Need BUG help!!!!!
Post by Shedz on Nov 10^th, 2007, 4:44pm

There was a swarm of Lady bugs that hit the east coast of England a few years ago, but they died off naturaly within a few days because of lack of food.
I dont know what pesticides are available in the US but theres bound to be something you can buy over there.

Paul ;;D

Title: Re: Need BUG help!!!!!
Post by StrangeBrew on Nov 10^th, 2007, 5:01pm

Those are most likely Asian Lady Beetles. They will bite you in order to taste you, but they aren't interested in eating you. They're looking for a place to over-winter. You'll probably find them on the south side of your house. They are more terra cotta colored than ladybugs, which are redder. And they only have one spot on each side of their carapace.

Don't step on them or smoosh them - they stank, real bad. And they stain things. Only thing you can do is suck 'em up with a vacuum cleaner.

Title: Re: Need BUG help!!!!!
Post by Mosaicwench on Nov 10^th, 2007, 5:15pm

Here's a good site for information on the little buggers.

http://www.ca.uky.edu/entomology/entfacts/ef416.asp

I gave Brew his information above and was wrong about the dot count - sorry.

Title: Re: Need BUG help!!!!!
Post by George_J on Nov 10^th, 2007, 5:28pm

Try this:

"Ladybug, ladybug,
Fly away home,
Your house is on fire,
And your childrens' alone"

If that doesn't work, I'm out of ideas.

Best,

George

Title: Re: Need BUG help!!!!!
Post by BarbaraD on Nov 10^th, 2007, 5:35pm

So basically it's telling me that about all I can do is vacuum them down and hope I get them all. Pesticides don't do much good. UGHHHHH!!!

At least it said they don't BREED in the house. Guess the dogs and cats will get used to them.... and they don't eat clothes or much else. And they say there's a use for every living creature [smiley=huh.gif] [smiley=huh.gif].....

Oh well..... back to my vacuuming......

Hugs BD

Title: Re: Need BUG help!!!!!
Post by Maffumatt on Nov 10^th, 2007, 5:38pm

let a bunch of frogs loose in the house....problem solved. ;;D

Title: Re: Need BUG help!!!!!
Post by andrewjb on Nov 10^th, 2007, 5:41pm

i have a hundred or so in the corner of a window thats always open, thought ied leave them over winter; every day one or two of them have a wander, than back to the pack / herd ? andrew.

Title: Re: Need BUG help!!!!!
Post by Kevin_M on Nov 10^th, 2007, 5:44pm

They're ladybugs. Serve tea and then have a shoe sale outside on the deck. Slam door behind them.

Title: Re: Need BUG help!!!!!
Post by Charlie on Nov 10^th, 2007, 6:41pm

I don't get that many here but wow. Some kind spray is all I can think of ........

They make a cool light snapping sound when you step on them though. :D

Charlie

Title: Re: Need BUG help!!!!!
Post by nani on Nov 10^th, 2007, 7:32pm

on 11/10/07 at 17:44:06, Kevin_M wrote:

They're ladybugs. Serve tea and then have a shoe sale outside on the deck. Slam door behind them.

LOL, Kevin.
Barb, they're beneficial insects...please don't kill 'em. :'(

If you must vacuum them, can I talk you into using a new bag, on very low suction, and releasing them in the woods?
They'll lay low until spring when they'll awaken hungry and horny. They'll eat, drink and be merry and populate yet another generation of ravenous garden helpers.
nani, who sometimes buys ladybugs

Title: Re: Need BUG help!!!!!
Post by kayarr on Nov 10^th, 2007, 7:53pm

on 11/10/07 at 19:32:22, nani wrote:

Nani is right. They eat a lot of aphids. Get em' some roses and they'll be outside:)

Title: Re: Need BUG help!!!!!
Post by Mosaicwench on Nov 10^th, 2007, 8:19pm

on 11/10/07 at 17:44:06, Kevin_M wrote:

They're ladybugs. Serve tea and then have a shoe sale outside on the deck. Slam door behind them.

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Title: Re: Need BUG help!!!!!
Post by Mosaicwench on Nov 10^th, 2007, 8:21pm

on 11/10/07 at 19:53:51, kayarr wrote:

Nani is right. They eat a lot of aphids. Get em' some roses and they'll be outside:)

That's part of the reason they swarm at this time of the year (and also why they "taste" humans which, btw HURTS!) - their food source is gone. Aphids are long gone in their cycle,

Title: Re: Need BUG help!!!!!
Post by Annette on Nov 10^th, 2007, 8:41pm

on 11/10/07 at 17:44:06, Kevin_M wrote:

They're ladybugs. Serve tea and then have a shoe sale outside on the deck. Slam door behind them.

May not work, Barbara is a lady ..... she will be out on the deck bargaining ..... ;) ;;D

Title: Re: Need BUG help!!!!!
Post by BarbaraD on Nov 11^th, 2007, 7:54am

Nani - you BUY ladybugs????? My word - can you MAIL these things???? I'll send you a 50 year supply out of the vacuum!!!!!

A tea party huh?? Not a bad idea... Ok bugs - shoe sale is ON -- come on out now ya hear..... oops outta tea - gotta run in for a minute - ya'll just stay right here and look over the merchandise till I get back...... Thanks Kevin - it might just work - women just can't turn down shoes now can they! ;;D ;;D ;;D

You guys are somethin' else.... At least we can make a joke out of this. And they're not THAT good luck -- didn't even win the lottery last night!!!

Hugs BD

Title: Re: Need BUG help!!!!!
Post by midwestbeth on Nov 11^th, 2007, 9:00am

Barbara D I feel your pain!! I knew what this thread was going to be about before I even opened it.

I've been getting invaded by those little buggers for the past 4years or so. They come into the east side (warm side) of my house. My bedroom is on the east side of my house. I keep the vacuum cleaner in my bedroom this time of year. I think they have a huge nest inside the siding or something.

A few here and there don't bother me, but when there are hundreds on the wall and ceiling beside my bed, I vacuum the little buggers. It's the only thing you can do.

Beth

Title: Re: Need BUG help!!!!!
Post by vietvet2tours on Nov 11^th, 2007, 9:33am

sell em on ebay .

Potter

Title: Re: Need BUG help!!!!!
Post by Linda_Howell on Nov 11^th, 2007, 2:02pm

Quote:

Nani - you BUY ladybugs?????

You betcha Barb. At least in the West we do. You get them in nurserys in a packet which is kept in the refrigerator. They are in a dormancy period at this point and appear dead, until you take them out and keep them at room temperature. When they wake- up you put them outside in and around the rose bushes and other plants and you get rid of unwanted pests in your garden and they get a free meal. It's a win-win situation.

What you are talking about is just weird though. Time to move to California I guess.

Title: Re: Need BUG help!!!!!
Post by Paul98 on Nov 11^th, 2007, 2:40pm

Barb-

I have been dealing with the lady bugs for years. They are my scurge and almost worse than clusterflies. I use Hot Shot fogger. Blow off 2 cans in the attic, 2 in the basment and treat around the outside of your house with raid along the foundation/siding line and around windows. You want to treat areas where they can get in. When you light off the foggers, evacuate the house along with pets!!! Cover (airtight) fishtanks!

The fogger is about the most heavy duty stuff you can get without a applicators licence. IT WILL KILL ANY INSECTS! I swear by the stuff.

Good luck. Be gald you don't have both the lady bugs AND clusterflies! ;;D

Do clusterflies get clusterheadaches? LOL.

-P.

Title: Re: Need BUG help!!!!!
Post by Jonny on Nov 11^th, 2007, 2:47pm

Fire bomb the house...Problem solved :-*

Title: Re: Need BUG help!!!!!
Post by cash5542 on Nov 11^th, 2007, 7:54pm

Smile, it could be fleas!!!

Charlotte

Title: Re: Need BUG help!!!!!
Post by Rosybabe on Nov 11^th, 2007, 8:28pm

Yeah, I buy them too, in larvae form, my daughter got a ladybug nursery, you put the larvae in and see how it grows and then you release them in the wild.
I have neer seen an infestation of ladybugs [smiley=huh.gif], and I did not know they bite OUCH!!.

Good luck Barb! ;)

HUgs

Rosy.

Title: Re: Need BUG help!!!!!
Post by BarbaraD on Nov 12^th, 2007, 7:50am

Yesterday Caleb got fascinated with the "ladybugs" and decided to "gather" some to take to school. Being the nice Granny I am, I got him a butter tub, we put air holes in the top and he proceeded to gather his bugs.

this worked out well and he got his tub of bugs to take to school. BUT..... he could not leave well enough alone - he decided to put water in the butter tub for them.. (ok, he's only 5) and turned the tub over and spilled them in the carpet -- hope the vacuum got them all. Not only did we have a mess - we had a squalling kid on our hands too.... (he lost his Bugs!!!).

He left about dark thirty -- Granny took an aspirin and went to bed!!!

Hugs BD

Title: Re: Need BUG help!!!!!
Post by Mosaicwench on Nov 12^th, 2007, 8:11am

on 11/12/07 at 07:50:03, BarbaraD wrote:

He left about dark thirty -- Granny took an aspirin and went to bed!!!

Smart Granny

Title: Re: Need BUG help!!!!!
Post by zwibbs/Scott on Nov 12^th, 2007, 8:29am

When you get done vacumning---take it outside and empty the bag into a garbage bag and seal it immediately. Then try to find how they are getting into your home--screen doors, window sills, etc.. seal them right away. The product Paul said " Hot Shot" is great for these Asian LadyBugs. I believe that Walmart carries this brand but a lowes or Home Depot will probably have it as well.

Title: Re: Need BUG help!!!!!
Post by BarbaraD on Nov 12^th, 2007, 5:20pm

They're gettin' in the house cause the damn dog OPENS the door!!!!! This 70 pound MUTT I adopted from FL has learned to open the sliding door. I thought it was the kids leaving it open, but I SAW the stupid dog open it!!!!

It's not bad enough he can open the doors in the house, now he's opening the OUTSIDE doors!!! Maybe I can get some HOT SHOT for HIM!!!!! ;;D

Back to vacuuming......

Hugs BD