Lady Bug Infestation

[frogfish]

We are going to import some type of Chinese wasp that consumes the bug that kills the ash trees. Well, isn't that great. They tell us that these wasps don't sting.

So imagine your house full of lady bugs/beetles. Now replace that image with a house full of Chinese wasps.

Only the great minds of our Minnesota public officials could come up with a plan like that.

Come on, the Chinese make everything else we use why not wasps as well? :laughing:

 

[Milton Burro]

I had issues with all kinds of vermin about three years ago when I moved here. Terminix came for the first year as I was working on more important projects, but I finally took over my own pest control, and this place has some great stuff.
Do It Yourself Pest Control Products | Do Your Own Pest Control Supplies
Don't waste your money at a Wal-Mart for pest control. I use Demon WP in the water soluble packets myself. It's safe inside mixed properly, but I just create a barrier around the house and outbuildings. It's great to be wasp free.

 

[dodge man]

Same here. Asian beatles come in the house in the fall. The amount of them vary year to year. They kind of go away during the winter, but one still pops up now and then. I've worked in different places, and found hundreds of them behind things, such as tree bark. Then seem to hibernate during certain times of the year.

I haven't found a solution for them yet either.

 

[woodchuckie]

I've heard we have a new bug on the way from Georgia to Alabama that eats Kudzu. Now that's great but this bug also stinks, eats soy bean and other crops, and get into your house.

Our orange ladybug looking thing hasn't been too bad since the first year they showed up 4 or 5 years ago. But those 1 inch long centipedes we had last summer were terrible. They stink and nothing kills them. Thousands on the carport every night.

 

[Milton Burro]

They stink and nothing kills them. .

Years ago, I used Cloradane, 73%. Demon WP is the best thing I've found since. I always swore Cloradane would kill a bear if you could get it on him, turns out, I was right.:laughing:

 

[sal64]

I am currently living full time in my log cabin while my home in town is being rennovated. I'm enjoying country living. I'm handling the commute (40 minutes) okay. I'm handling the long muddy driveway okay. I'm dealing with not having TV or internet. I'm getting by with three of us in one tiny bathroom (even though one of us is a 17 year old girl).

But, the lady bugs are about to drive me nuts. I've heard that they are not technically ladybugs but they look like them to me. They don't bite.They aren't disgusting or scary. They don't get in the garbage. I don't think they are nasty or spread germs. But they are everywhere. Especially windows, ceilings and light fixtures. They get in our hair. They fall into the bed at night. Sometimes they fall in your plate. They also stink if disturbed or squashed.

Any home remedies for these things? We've tried vacuuming them up. By the hundreds. No help. I've set off bug bombs. Temprorary improvement only. Will try anything at this point.

i have same prob i get my shopvac and suck them up.

 

[dex3361]

Suspend
Its expensive but I gladly pay the cost. It works and has no smell. Supposed to be very safe. This site is for an example I have not bought from them.
SUSPEND

 

[blueriver]

Horse apples, Osage orange ... AKA Green balls from the bois de arc tree is suppose to handle them ... also have been told that bowls of water with a touch of Dawn dish soap attracts them... and they can't swim ... don't know just thought I would share that.

I do know we have alot of Bois De Arc trees and have no beetles.

 

[RobertBrown]

I have no first hand experience with this but I would get a chicken and see if it will eat the bugs. If it eats the bugs then get a bunch of chickens. If it doesn't eat the bugs then eat the chicken and get a fogger.
Lady bugs eat aphids. You must have a lot of aphids to support a population of lady bugs that virulent. Perhaps killing the aphids may be easier than killing the ladybugs? I would think that once the aphids are gone the ladybugs will dissapear.

 

[dex3361]

We had those beetles so bad it was awful. I mean they would cover the side of the house in the kazillions(real term it means a lot). I used the Suspend and they fell as soon as they landed. I took some to my inlaws and sprayed and a neighbor asked what it was his wife had been vacing them up for days. I had enough to spray his place as well. The wife called and asked where to get get some she didn't care what it cost.