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

By: Lisa Porter

Lisa Porter — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 16:18:10 +0000

Eve, this morning my little boy awoke with one fresh bite and like 5 other bites from earlier. I as you searched frantically to see what the cause may be and the only thing that I found were those stupid beetles. I begin searching and found that someone else had experienced bites from these little devils. Now that I may know the cause of the bites and have found that someone else has experienced this I don’t feel so crazy, however I was wondering if you still had the problem? If anyone else in your house was bitten? And how you have dealt with this problem. Please let me know when you get a chance.

By: Myron Rowleas

Myron Rowleas — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 17:57:30 +0000

We have been infested with Asian Lady Beetles for years. Funny, we fogged them, vaccummed them and individually killed them one by one, but they keep coming back. We have discovered that we have a water leak problem with the master bath and had to remove the drywall in the basement ceilling to repair it. After removing the drywall and insulation in the ceiling we discovered that these bettles were eating the insulation/drywall paper and leaving a mud-like trail on top on the wood beams simular to that by terimites. The only difference was there were no grooves in the wood underneath the mud-like trails. My brother is convinced that these mud-like trails were left by terimites. I am not sure. Can anyone shed some light on this for me?

By: marie

marie — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 17:36:52 +0000

I am seeing little spots all over the wall and am scraping them off as I see them. Last year we did have lots of the asian ladybugs in this room and so now I am wondering if this spotting is coming from the bugs inside the wall. could it be there waste material?

By: Becky_Sharp

Becky_Sharp — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 18:28:51 +0000

I, for one, welcome our insect overlords…

By: Kelly

Kelly — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 21:21:08 +0000

Jane…if you are still having a problem do what I did. I got Raid (or Spectricide)and went outside my house and sprayed the living daylights out of my windows. I went around them, then under the siding nearest to the windows. It worked!! It took about a day or so and I haven’t seen them since. Good luck!!

By: Lynda

Lynda — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 19:10:10 +0000

They may not be dangerous but they sure do bite the hell out of you.

By: jane

jane — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 13:57:07 +0000

These lady bug beetles are not the sweet things you think they are…The horrible smell they exibit makes eye infections and they also ruin the wood in your home.My husband has an eye infection right now because we were trying to move them out of our kitchen…One child in our town got one in her ear and she was in horrible pain….too many too much…
I love nature also, everything..but ..if you had these bug s all over like a lot of us do you would not be so happy to have them..
I am so tired.

By: Sandy

Sandy — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 02:45:21 +0000

Asian lady beetles DO bite. I live in south central nebraska, in a small town surrounded by farmland. Every fall, during soybean harvesting, these darn bugs start showing up. The first fall we lived here, we had to rebuild the back wall of the garage (old stable/carriage house) and then paint it. I swear, I must have painted half the town flailing away trying to keep the lady beetles from biting me. Had to have one hand for holding onto the ladder, leaving my painting hand as the only one to chase off the beetles. Can’t wait till we have a good hard freeze to get rid of the things.

By: Teresa

Teresa — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 00:19:01 +0000

When I first moved to the Midwest these Asian Beetles freaked me out. They swarm every year on our light-colored house along with box elder bugs. Ick. I’ve learned ways to deal with them. Firstly, yes, the Asian Beetle will will bite…seems to be when it’s scared and not common in my experience. No this is not poisonous. If you’ve got swarms, it’s not lady bugs. It’s Asian Beetles (or Lady Beetles). THE ABSOLUTE best way I’ve found to deal with them both inside and outside the house is with something like Windex or the Housewash you buy and attach to a house. This is the only thing that works (works on the box elders too). Bug Spray does not work. When I’ve had larger infestations in the house, I walk around with a bottle of windex and some paper towels (to pick them up after they drop to the floor). This year I don’t have a huge infestation so I’m leaving them alone. The Asian Beetle is, after all, beneficial to my garden.

By: Gina

Gina — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 15:08:12 +0000

I think i was bitten by a lady bettle! I got out of my vehicle and was swarmed with them. One landed on my bottom lip and when I attempted to spit it out of my mouth it secreted a toxin that was fowl and tasted even worse. For a couple of hours my lips felt burned. This happened to me Saturday afternoon and today (Monday)my lips feel like they are chapped. Any thoughts on this would greatly be appreciated. I don’t know if they are poisonous or not!
Thanks!