Comments on: Are You Seeing Ladybug Infestations or Asian Lady Beetles?

By: Lisa

Lisa — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 01:13:44 +0000

Harvey,
What was the name of the spray that you used to kill the lady beetles?
Thanks!
Lisa

By: Jackie

Jackie — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:34:26 +0000

My husband’s job has required us to live in three different places in the last three years and these pests are everywhere we’ve been. (Central Illinois and north east Kentucky) I vacuum multiple times a day and they just keep coming! I agree they bite or pinch! I even had one land in the corner of my eye as I slept and reacted with swelling and burning. I need a solution other than the vacuum! They invade every room and I sincerely wish the supposedly educated people who keep introducing foreign fish, bugs, and horticulture to our nation would STOP. Between the infestation of flying carp, asian beetles/lady bugs, and creeping moss our country’s ecological balance, beauty and our lives are being negatively impacted. Someone please find a solution!!!

By: GLB

GLB — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:02:04 +0000

did u rub their secretions on urself?

By: Lala

Lala — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 07:21:22 +0000

Well, like Maine-ah (hope you’re feeling better, btw), I always ‘played’ with bugs as a kid, too, and never had too much of a problem with them. We bought a house that I’d lived in years ago; it had these bugs then, has them now. They visit annually and this batch has been here since the fall. I usually don’t vaccuum them up or anything, they just eventually stop coming. This year though, they’ve been a real nuisance, and my daughter is scared to death of them and won’t sleep in her room (figures. Hers is the brightest and gets the afternoon sun which they seem to love). As I write this they are flapping around inside the lamp, and they will clamp onto your skin with a pretty tight grip. Thanks for the info; glad to know they’re pretty harmless.

By: Mindy

Mindy — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 03:00:02 +0000

We get a whole ton of them every year but this year i had a light right above me on my bed, ive had a few land on me.. and occasionally id feel a pinch or soon after it would itch where it was. I thought it was just a psychological thing at first.. that i just was kinda crazy haha.. but i actually just found this site because i just felt a pinch and looked down and it was one of those pests && It sparked my curiosity and wanted to see if they were harmful in anyway.

By: Terri

Terri — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 12:09:56 +0000

Ok I have to agree with Cynthia, here it is March and all winter long we have been over run with these little bugs! They are EVERYWHERE!!!! They do not annoy me as much as they do my husband who spends most of his day in the bedroom computer programming and he complains nonstop about them being all over the desk, floor, walls and in his coffee cup. I have recently noticed them coming downstairs now and this will annoy me. I have also read that they do not bite or sting, we however, have had them pinch. I have a 11 month old granddaughter that lives with us and she has got them in her mouth.
How do we get rid of them???!!!
Do they “nest” somewhere? My husband seems to think that there is a nest somewhere. I dont think that I have read anywhere that they “nest” or that there is a hive.

Any help would be wonderful!!

By: Cynthia

Cynthia — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 15:31:47 +0000

So, from this article they are supposed to hibernate in the winter, well, I have news. They do not wholly hibernate. They are in my bedroom and I cannot get them out. If I spray Raid around the windows when they “pop” in they start to die off, however, I really do not like to have to spray Raid daily in my bedroom. Where are they? If we turn the heat up and my bedroom starts to get a little warm they are “popping” out all over the place like magic, and with that noise. I have vacuumed, sprayed, squished, flushed, etc. I really hate these things.

By: Jerry Bell

Jerry Bell — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 02:47:54 +0000

Hello,
Speak about the “ladybug”! We live in Western Tennessee and for about a month now, we have seen many in our large living room window and some others. We have used the vaccum cleaner and fly swatter to keep them at bay, but the next morning they are back. Maybe they will slow down in a few weeks. What a dread to have one or more fly down your mouth while snoring and trying to sleep. As someone has said, “the protein will do you good”. Well we might as well laugh about it until it’s over……

By: John

John — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 03:26:46 +0000

We have dark spots on our windows and siding. I would like to know if this could be left behind by the Asian Beatle. If so does anyone know how to clean the spots off of windows and siding?

By: Sara Jane

Sara Jane — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 08:22:12 +0000

Big problem here in southern PA! I do use a shop vacuum when they first come in for the winter, and that seems to keep things managable…but here it is, several feet of snow of the ground, and there is one, definately not hibernating, in my wine glass! At least I don’t seem to get bit except when they swarm…then it’s like a low-budget B-horror movie around here! We also are having trouble with large quantities of stink bugs in our area invading homes. Is anyone else having trouble with them?