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Cleaning Up:  Ladybugs Coming Inside - How do I stop this?  |
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dreamingofafarm
True Blue Farmgirl
157 Posts
Tina
Bangor
Pennsylvania
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 Posted - Apr 05 2010 : 05:31:40 AM
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Hello All,
I have a lady bug problem. There is one window in my kitchen that they seem to have taken a fancy too. They maneuver around the screen and come on in to crawl around on the inside. They don't do this on any other window in the kitchen or in the house. I don't know what to do to make them stop coming in. Help!
"It is the sweet, simple things of life which are the real ones afterall." - Laura Ingalls Wilder |
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walkinwalkoutcattle
True Blue Farmgirl
1675 Posts
Megan
Paint Lick
KY
USA
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Posted - Apr 05 2010 : 08:19:54 AM
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HA! Good luck. The ladybugs always come in like little military brigades around here. There's just no way around it. We've got TWO windows on each window (The original windows, and then an outside window) and they STILL get in. I keep telling my DH they're in the walls. I don't know how they do it, but never fail, every year we have ladybugs.
Starbucks and sushi to green fried tomatoes and corn pudding-I wouldn't change it for the world.
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kristin sherrill
True Blue Farmgirl
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kristin
chickamauga
ga
USA
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Posted - Apr 05 2010 : 12:39:49 PM
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I have just started seeing them in my bedroom window that faces west. I just suck em up. I keep the little vacuum in there. In our little house they are all over it. And they stink! Nasty little things. They aren't even the good ones either. They don't last long. They'll be gone soon.
Kris
Happiness is simple. |
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dreamingofafarm
True Blue Farmgirl
157 Posts
Tina
Bangor
Pennsylvania
157 Posts |
Posted - Apr 05 2010 : 3:29:16 PM
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Hi Kris,
Like you suggested in your post I just took my mini shopvac to the ladybugs. You're right - it got rid of today's batch. Looks like I'll be vaccumming lady bugs for a little while :-)
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"It is the sweet, simple things of life which are the real ones afterall." - Laura Ingalls Wilder |
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Faransgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
895 Posts
Beth
Houston
Texas
USA
895 Posts |
Posted - Apr 06 2010 : 1:15:27 PM
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I don't have any trouble with them coming in the house but I have noticed over the last two days my horses seem to be giving rides to hitch hiking lady bugs. I am finding them in the manes and tails of all my horses. They just sit there. My gelding had one on the top of his head for over an hour long ride the other day. I was beginning to think it was dead until he shook his head and it flew away. I have never had that before. At least they are outside.
Farmgirl Sister 572
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willowtreecreek
True Blue Farmgirl
4813 Posts
Julie
Russell
AR
USA
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Posted - Apr 06 2010 : 2:09:57 PM
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If you figure something out - let me know!!!!
Farmgirl Sister #17
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nubidane
True Blue Farmgirl
3001 Posts
Lisa
Georgetown
OH
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Posted - Apr 06 2010 : 2:28:45 PM
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I got a spray from the feed store that has pyrethrins in it (look on the label & it will list Asian Beetles as one of the pests it eliminates.)
We live in an A Frame with large picture windows, & they would cover the entire window. We sprayed in August or early September(ours are worst after they cut soybeans here in Oct). THis was a few years ago, & although we still get them, they are not nearly as invasive.
We sprayed around all of the windows & other cracks. Seemed to help. |
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Ingrid
True Blue Farmgirl
432 Posts
Ingrid
BC
Canada
432 Posts |
Posted - Apr 07 2010 : 09:19:28 AM
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If you have houseplants you have ladybugs. I think they hide in the dirt lol. My houseplants never get any bugs or mold in the dirt so maybe that's why. They don't hurt anything or anyone so I just leave them alone and they leave.
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jpbluesky
True Blue Farmgirl
6066 Posts
Jeannie
Florida
USA
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Posted - Apr 07 2010 : 09:26:44 AM
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Mine come in an upstairs dormer window every February and early March. I use my dirt devil, too, and otherwise just let them crawl around. At least they do not bite, and the grandkids love to collect them. But when you handle them, they do smell! Like a lightning bug.
Farmgirl Sister # 31
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texdane
Farmgirl Legend Chapter Leader Chapter Guru
4658 Posts
Nicole
Sandy Hook
CT
USA
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Posted - Apr 07 2010 : 6:52:06 PM
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Ladybugs bring good luck. :)
Nicole
Farmgirl Sister #1155
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msdoolittle
True Blue Farmgirl
1152 Posts
Amanda
East Texas
USA
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Posted - Apr 08 2010 : 6:55:49 PM
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| The best way is just to find that tiny crevice they are crawling thru and caulk/seal it up! I have 'em, too, by the dozens! They were ALL over my girl's bedroom this winter, lol. I vacuumed them up, too. They also make those little 'bug vacs' for kids. I don't know how well they would work, but they aren't supposed to harm the little boogers! |
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bboopster
True Blue Farmgirl
1140 Posts
Betty Jo
West Bend
Wisconsin
USA
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Posted - Apr 16 2010 : 9:27:26 PM
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I swear those Asian beetles would appear in a closed empty jar if left long enough!!!! We have them in every window sill. They have been flying in the house all winter. My revenge: down the garbage disposal to take the big spin!!!!! When painting today I found one that had been sprayed by my DH with primer 2 weeks ago and it was STILL Alive! White with Kilz but alive. How can that be? I wish I could find something non chemical to treat them with. Until that happens they will continue to spin and be sucked up by the vacuum cleaner. 
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solilly
True Blue Farmgirl
726 Posts
Lillian
Williamsburg
Virginia
USA
726 Posts |
Posted - Apr 17 2010 : 4:30:40 PM
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Those their ladies  bugs are no ladies. Years ago while working at Colonial Williamsburg they were getting into some of the reconstructed houses. They found out that they were attracted by the red dye in the paint as well as in the drapes and other items though out the houses. The worst part of it was they were earring everything they landed on. They were so thick you could fill buckets after buckets with them. They ended up spraying and watching for them from then on. Still for the most part I do not know how they get into houses like they do. 
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katalind
True Blue Farmgirl
177 Posts
Kathy
Chapin
SC
USA
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Posted - May 25 2010 : 12:17:19 PM
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| I get invaded by Lady Bugs every year. I'm uneasy about spraying chemicals in my house around my Family and dog. I deal with them by just sucking them up in the vac. |
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