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Dorinda
True Blue Farmgirl
1023 Posts
Dorinda
St. Cloud
Florida
USA
1023 Posts |
 Posted - Feb 03 2011 : 05:42:39 AM
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Ladybugs have been getting in my Kitchen. I don't know where they are coming in at. Every other day I see one and catch it and put her outside. This morning I had 2 above my stove. This time I decided to leave them and see what happens. Very strange I have never had ladybugs in my house...I wonder if it is a sign like good luck is coming my way!! Oh well love the ladybugs!!
Seize The Day!
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HollyG
True Blue Farmgirl
214 Posts
Holly
Hamburg
Arkansas
USA
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Posted - Feb 03 2011 : 07:47:28 AM
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Dorinda,
I have ladybugs too. I live in the pine belt and here ladybugs are bred and released to destroy the pine beetles that will otherwise kill our trees. They like to winter in warm places. I'll find them nestled in the "wrinkles" of my curtains, corners of a room, or any other little niche they can find. I've always had a fondness for them, so I pretty much just let them be. I've never figured out where they go. They just seem to eventually disappear. I know plenty die - I find them in my window sills and other places, but never in the ammounts I usually see. Maybe they do bring us good luck. They make me smile, in any case!
HollyG
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Cindy Lou
True Blue Farmgirl
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Susan
Lonsdale
MN
USA
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Posted - Feb 03 2011 : 07:51:50 AM
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Not to rain on your parade, but are you sure they are ladybugs? Around here we have Asain beetles, they look a lot like ladlybugs
but they stink. They can become a serious problem. They usually come out of the corn and bean fields after harvest.
Susan
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alterationsbyemily
True Blue Farmgirl
694 Posts
Emily
Chambersburg
PA
USA
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Posted - Feb 04 2011 : 12:11:28 PM
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If you would like to get rid of them here is how...
1/2 bottle rubbing alcohol
1/4 cup vinegar
2 tablespoons dish soap
Put into an empty spray bottle and fill the rest with water. Shake before use and spray them, they will die in a few minutes.
I also keep a concentrate version with no water in a jelly jar on my kitchen table and drop stink bugs in. Kills them in about 30 seconds and they don't stink, as long as you keep the jar sealed up.
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Bellepepper
True Blue Farmgirl
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Belle
Coffeyville
KS
USA
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Posted - Feb 04 2011 : 1:01:48 PM
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Susan, we have some kind of beetls here too that are not lady bugs. Ours are a wierd color, dk orange. They bite!! They get in everywhere. Don't know how they get in. The motorhome is swarming with them. Well, not now, they all froze. But they will be back.
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kathyjane
True Blue Farmgirl
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Kathy
Doniphan
MO
USA
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Posted - Feb 04 2011 : 5:07:53 PM
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Belle, Those are Mexican Wood Beetles. They are such a pest around here!!
Kathy Jane
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JojoNH
True Blue Farmgirl
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Joanna
Dunbarton
New Hampshire
USA
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Posted - Feb 05 2011 : 03:49:29 AM
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 Don't kill them! They are a beneficial bug!! To get rid of them is very easy. Take an old pair of pantyhose or a pair of knee-highs, slip the foot section into your vacuum cleaner hose, being sure to secure the rest on the outside of the hose, you don't want to suck it into the vacuum cleaner now simply vacuum up the lady bugs as you find them. Take the pantyhose and place it in a cool place like your barn or garage, where they will be sheltered from the elements. In the spring simply release them again.
We get tons, and I mean tons of them each fall as they search out a place to hide for winter. Keeps them out of the house and safe until springtime. . . then they reward us by eating all the bad bugs that would otherwise cause great harm. 
Joanna #566
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Dorinda
True Blue Farmgirl
1023 Posts
Dorinda
St. Cloud
Florida
USA
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Posted - Feb 05 2011 : 07:23:25 AM
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Belle,
The ones getting in my kitchen are like a medium orange color but they do not bite..Hum now you ladies have me thinking they might be some kind of beetle. Well I will just keep catching them and releasing them outside. Thanks for the info. Hopefully I want get to many coming in.
Seize The Day!
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Ladybugs in the Kitchen!!
