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Topic: HELP! Ladybugs are attacking!
metalwing Joined Fri 11/14/08 Posts: 26218	Mon 01/31/11 11:37 AM
Hundreds of ladybugs are swarming my house and biting me (ok, only a few are biting me). They are getting into everything. How do you stop this?

boredinaz06 Joined Sun 10/15/06 Posts: 22764	Mon 01/31/11 11:40 AM
Get an equal sized swarm of manbugs with strong pimp legs to keep em in line.

35TOO Joined Sat 11/08/08 Posts: 10407	Mon 01/31/11 11:42 AM
Hundreds of ladybugs are swarming my house and biting me (ok, only a few are biting me). They are getting into everything. How do you stop this? OK TAHTS WHATS THIS SITE IS ALL ABOUT MEETING LADIES.....THAT BUG YOU...............

metalwing Joined Fri 11/14/08 Posts: 26218	Mon 01/31/11 11:42 AM Edited by metalwing on Mon 01/31/11 11:49 AM
You laugh but these little dudes (or dudettes) are everywhere and they really bite hard! http://www.bugspray.com/articles98/ladybugs.html

EquusDancer Joined Sun 04/05/09 Posts: 6281	Mon 01/31/11 11:57 AM
They're actually a type of Japanese beetle, rather then an American ladybug. If you have them in clumps, suck them up with a vacuum. If not, throw down some apple slices on the windowsill and they'll congregate, then suck em up and toss them outside. They're also toxic, so don't let your pets eat them. They come in through the air gaps from outside.

newarkjw Joined Sun 05/25/08 Posts: 17172	Mon 01/31/11 12:04 PM
Might want to get yourself a shotgun. Sounds pretty serious........

1956deluxe Joined Thu 12/06/07 Posts: 8559	Mon 01/31/11 12:32 PM
And then he opened the fourth seal and behold..... It's the phophesy....end of the world. Party Time!

MisKim323 Joined Sat 06/28/08 Posts: 14563	Mon 01/31/11 12:56 PM
Might want to get yourself a shotgun. Sounds pretty serious........

metalwing Joined Fri 11/14/08 Posts: 26218	Mon 01/31/11 01:52 PM
They're actually a type of Japanese beetle, rather then an American ladybug. If you have them in clumps, suck them up with a vacuum. If not, throw down some apple slices on the windowsill and they'll congregate, then suck em up and toss them outside. They're also toxic, so don't let your pets eat them. They come in through the air gaps from outside. At last, a serious response to a serious problem! No horror movie (yet) has shown the terror of advancing masses of ladybugs! Someday the rest of you will learn .... the hard way! ... When you wake to find them crawling on you thinking you are dinner!

Spidercmb Joined Fri 04/27/07 Posts: 13137	Mon 01/31/11 02:18 PM
I looked them up...I don't see what the problem is.

metalwing Joined Fri 11/14/08 Posts: 26218	Mon 01/31/11 02:35 PM
I found some information. "Lady bug control? Isn't this sacrilegious? Every- one knows lady bugs eat many nuisance pests so why would we want to kill them? This article will explain why regions in the United States are faced with the problem of invading lady bugs. I will explain why this is happening and what you can do to stop it. Lady bugs do indeed eat many nuisance pests found in and around the garden. As a child, I can remember being told never to kill a lady bug as it is good to have them around the home. In the last few years, we have had increasing numbers of customers from all parts of the United States call looking for relief from lady bugs that are "invading" their homes. At first I thought these were isolated instances that were due to certain conditions. I expected that these conditions were rare and explained to home- owners that the invasion would soon subside. Too my surprise, they continued. More people began to call and it was obvious there is more than just "conditions" which were leading to these home invasions. I then conducted some research and the mystery was soon solved. In an attempt to sell "natural pest control", certain companies around the country have been importing lady bugs from other parts of the world and selling them. These lady bugs have been marketed as being more aggressive and hearty than our own indigenous species. One feature of their biology, however, is that they do not die each winter. They hibernate. Unlike our own native species, these imports like to over winter on mountainsides, rocks and caves. Such environments are readily available in certain parts of our country, but since these lady bugs are being released in areas where such terrain does not exist they are taking advantage of the next best thing - our homes! They do not DIE! These are ZOMBIE ladybugs!!!

EquusDancer Joined Sun 04/05/09 Posts: 6281	Tue 02/01/11 07:37 AM
ZOMBIESSSSS!!!!!!

metalwing Joined Fri 11/14/08 Posts: 26218	Tue 02/01/11 07:41 AM


metalwing Joined Fri 11/14/08 Posts: 26218	Tue 02/01/11 07:44 AM
Would any of you minglers like to come visit?!!!

35TOO Joined Sat 11/08/08 Posts: 10407	Tue 02/01/11 11:06 AM
You laugh but these little dudes (or dudettes) are everywhere and they really bite hard! http://www.bugspray.com/articles98/ladybugs.html OOOOOHHHNNOOOOOOOOOOOOO WE HAVE WOMEN THAT BITE......AND HARD AT THAT...........LOL

35TOO Joined Sat 11/08/08 Posts: 10407	Tue 02/01/11 11:07 AM
They're actually a type of Japanese< KAMAKAZZI> beetle, rather then an American ladybug. If you have them in clumps, suck them up with a vacuum. If not, throw down some apple slices on the windowsill and they'll congregate, then suck em up and toss them outside. They're also toxic, so don't let your pets eat them. They come in through the air gaps from outside.

metalwing Joined Fri 11/14/08 Posts: 26218	Tue 02/15/11 12:12 AM
Bug update! You wait til a bunch of them are in one spot and then you spray them with a can of Raid Flying Insect killer. Not a great plan but better than squishing them one by one.

red_lace Joined Sat 04/17/10 Posts: 7247	Tue 02/15/11 03:17 AM
I looked them up...I don't see what the problem is. Might want to get yourself a shotgun. Sounds pretty serious........ Get an equal sized swarm of manbugs with strong pimp legs to keep em in line.