Swamphunter Posted March 26, 2006 Report Share Posted March 26, 2006 I am so sick and tired of these stupid ladybugs!! It is an endless battle. All over the place. I went up and checked in the attic and there were less than a hundred and they mostly appeared dead. Anyone else having this problems and what the heck can you do?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DaveGP Posted March 26, 2006 Report Share Posted March 26, 2006 Re: %#&@#& LADYBUGS! i dont have any in my house but my girlfriends house sure has a lot, also, we have a trailer out in the country andthere are ladybugs everywhere! so annoying! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arrow32 Posted March 26, 2006 Report Share Posted March 26, 2006 Re: %#&@#& LADYBUGS! Up at my great grandma's farm house we deal with em all the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M00N Posted March 26, 2006 Report Share Posted March 26, 2006 Re: %#&@#& LADYBUGS! Soon as it warms up here they hatch out in large amounts. It is very annoying. If it gets cold again they die off. But, soon as another warm spell comes through we're back to the ladybug plague again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swamphunter Posted March 26, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 26, 2006 Re: %#&@#& LADYBUGS! I was just reading about them on the internet and it says that the asian lady beetles (bugs) come indoors during the fall to find a place to winter, and then in the spring head back out. (Except for the ones I kill ). They do not reproduce or hatch young while indoors like other unmentionable bugs do. They are just a pest. I am just tired of vaccuming them up because they emit an odor and I hate it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M00N Posted March 26, 2006 Report Share Posted March 26, 2006 Re: %#&@#& LADYBUGS! The only indoor ones we get is when it gets the first warm spell they fly up out of the yard and land all over the sides of the house, windows, and doors on the outside to soak the warmth up from the sun beating on the house. Then when you open the door it's a big swarm trying to come in the house. I kill all the ones that sneak indoors. The outdoor ones drive me nuts soon as you go outside they land on you and buzz in your ears. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VermontHunter Posted March 26, 2006 Report Share Posted March 26, 2006 Re: %#&@#& LADYBUGS! Lady Bug city here every spring..... ,, there's not a whole lot that can be done about them, that Im aware of... They just drive me crazy... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
horst Posted March 27, 2006 Report Share Posted March 27, 2006 Re: %#&@#& LADYBUGS! We were getting ready to put steel on a building a couple years ago but had to change some rotten sheeting boards.Pulled the shingles off and cut the rotten spot out and there was thousands of dead lady bugs in the hole.We knocked a bunch out on the ground working around it and to our suprise they started getting up and flying/crawling away.This was early spring in an un insulated building, and they apparently lived in there all winter in-0 temps and it didnt kill em.I quit trying after that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TreeStandBowHunter Posted March 27, 2006 Report Share Posted March 27, 2006 Re: %#&@#& LADYBUGS! Not here at the house but one of the campgrounds up in NH we went to last year had ladybugs all over the place Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WI2506 Posted March 27, 2006 Report Share Posted March 27, 2006 Re: %#&@#& LADYBUGS! they stink and stain up everything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tominator Posted March 27, 2006 Report Share Posted March 27, 2006 Re: %#&@#& LADYBUGS! Not much you can do now except vacuum them up Ken. Next fall spray your eaves, cracks and crevices of the house with Sevin. I've done that for the past few years and it as really cut down on the number that get in the house. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ultratec1 Posted March 27, 2006 Report Share Posted March 27, 2006 Re: %#&@#& LADYBUGS! Has anyone here been bit by one???? Holy crap they hurt, kinda like a bee sting. I thought that my grandpa was joking when he said the asian beetles bite. I was fully convinced when I had one land and bite my neck. Wowzer that hurt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LifeNRA Posted March 27, 2006 Report Share Posted March 27, 2006 Re: %#&@#& LADYBUGS! My brother's in-laws farm gets really bad. I believe the PA Game Commission years ago actually brought them into PA by the millions to help control the gypsy moth problem we had several years ago. Since then, they just took off! First year I went to this farm, there were thousands of dead ladybugs! Hasnt been that bad lately! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newarcher Posted March 27, 2006 Report Share Posted March 27, 2006 Re: %#&@#& LADYBUGS! You babies! You want a ladybug story? I hunted an all metal deer stand shooting house thing one day and it heated up just enought to cause them to hatch or come out from whence they live. I had probably 20,000 ladybugs inside that house with me. I could barely see out of the house just from the sheer number of them. I would get them in my mouth (because I was cussing them for getting up my nose). I couldn't see through my binos because they were all over the lenses of them AND my scope. I had them crawling up my pants legs and down the back of my shirt. It was sheer misery. I was in unfamiliar territory and couldn't get down because other hunters were all around me. Now THOSE are ladybugs! NEw Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swamphunter Posted March 27, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 27, 2006 Re: %#&@#& LADYBUGS! [ QUOTE ] You babies! You want a ladybug story? I hunted an all metal deer stand shooting house thing one day and it heated up just enought to cause them to hatch or come out from whence they live. I had probably 20,000 ladybugs inside that house with me. I could barely see out of the house just from the sheer number of them. I would get them in my mouth (because I was cussing them for getting up my nose). I couldn't see through my binos because they were all over the lenses of them AND my scope. I had them crawling up my pants legs and down the back of my shirt. It was sheer misery. I was in unfamiliar territory and couldn't get down because other hunters were all around me. Now THOSE are ladybugs! NEw [/ QUOTE ] A deer stand is one thing, I don't want a single one inside my home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarvDog Posted March 27, 2006 Report Share Posted March 27, 2006 Re: %#&@#& LADYBUGS! I didn't realize those things could bite! Wow! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doughboy1956 Posted March 27, 2006 Report Share Posted March 27, 2006 Re: %#&@#& LADYBUGS! No problems here---thank the heavens. Sounds like a very large group of you are having problems though. Hope it all works out for ya all. Them bugs seem like they are not very ladylike. Drive you crazy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tominator Posted March 27, 2006 Report Share Posted March 27, 2006 Re: %#&@#& LADYBUGS! [ QUOTE ] I didn't realize those things could bite! Wow! [/ QUOTE ] Yep, they bite. Not too bad though IMHO. More like a mosquito than a bee. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muggs Posted March 27, 2006 Report Share Posted March 27, 2006 Re: %#&@#& LADYBUGS! [ QUOTE ] Next fall spray your eaves, cracks and crevices of the house with Sevin. [/ QUOTE ] Whoa!! I wouldn't do that, in fact I stay away from that stuff, I def. woudn't spray my house...that is potent stuff and can be dagerous. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tominator Posted March 27, 2006 Report Share Posted March 27, 2006 Re: %#&@#& LADYBUGS! [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] Next fall spray your eaves, cracks and crevices of the house with Sevin. [/ QUOTE ] Whoa!! I wouldn't do that, in fact I stay away from that stuff, I def. woudn't spray my house...that is potent stuff and can be dagerous. [/ QUOTE ] When did you become professor entomology? It's been recommended by numerous recognized authorities. Sheesh, buy a house and all of a sudden you're an expert. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeramie Posted March 27, 2006 Report Share Posted March 27, 2006 Re: %#&@#& LADYBUGS! Yep, theyre thick around here too, usually. They arent bad yet but as the warm weather comes in we will have a battle on our hands! They do stink. I hate it when they get bad. You have to sweep all the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted March 28, 2006 Report Share Posted March 28, 2006 Re: %#&@#& LADYBUGS! We get them here pretty bad some years, but get some every spring and fall. I hate them. It is impossible to keep them out of a house, I think they can get in anywhere. I even noticed some in the light covers at the hospital back in November, when our daughter was born. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newarcher Posted March 29, 2006 Report Share Posted March 29, 2006 Re: %#&@#& LADYBUGS! [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] You babies! You want a ladybug story? I hunted an all metal deer stand shooting house thing one day and it heated up just enought to cause them to hatch or come out from whence they live. I had probably 20,000 ladybugs inside that house with me. I could barely see out of the house just from the sheer number of them. I would get them in my mouth (because I was cussing them for getting up my nose). I couldn't see through my binos because they were all over the lenses of them AND my scope. I had them crawling up my pants legs and down the back of my shirt. It was sheer misery. I was in unfamiliar territory and couldn't get down because other hunters were all around me. Now THOSE are ladybugs! NEw [/ QUOTE ] A deer stand is one thing, I don't want a single one inside my home. [/ QUOTE ] Uh-oh, does the big bad wadybug scare ole swampy? I don't mind them or even ants but can't stand roaches! New Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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