Ladybug Invasion
 

my room had been invaded by hundreds of ladybugs seeking the warmth and light...... any tips on how to get rid of them? they reek! I hate the smell of them

My daughter would be in "ladybug heaven".

Are they real lady bugs (redw/black spots) or are they brown? If they are lady beetles, they'll move on if you don't have plants with aphids for them to feed on. Some people actually buy them via mail order to rid their gardens of plant-sucking aphids.

When we go to NC they have this problem. I know of no solution. I do know they will feed on rasins soaked in water in a dish if you wanted to make them a new home outdoors.

i once read somehting about rubbing a bar of soap around windows.

Can you vacuum them up into a new vacuum cleaner bag and then leave it outside with Lilith's suggestion of soaked raisins next to it? They'll have the shelter of the bag as a little house and food just outside their front door. Stick the bag in a sheltered spot, put some sticks into it as they like nesting in between them, and put the bag behind something that won't move over the winter. They might settle there instead of getting in, and their friends might show up, too.

Hope you find some kind of solution. I don't mind ladybugs and think they're great for the garden but would be kinda freaked if they were all over my walls :yikes:

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If you want to run the bugs through the fan, it's up to you, but Lil may not be too keen on the idea :rolleyes:.










:D

They should stop at the filter/bag before they hit the fan :whack:

They're up here too! :yikes:

She has a shop vac? :confused:








(I still don't think Lil will like it in that drum) :shrug:

only two things i mind are #1 they STINK and #2 brushing carcasses outta my bed

Ewwwww! Get some Raid or call a pest control person. It is my personal feeling that if a bug wants to live it shouldn't invade my bed. Just saying. ;)

Hey....... I wouldn't kick your bug outta my bed Tess! Don't be cruel!!! :D

PF ... methinks she should have been at PIP 07 and received the magical electric swatter. Toasts all the bugs that ails ya'. :boink:

If you are not wedded to the idea of the bugs living, perhaps a Mountain Dew bottle with an inch or two left in the bottom. The sugar may draw them.

If they're the carnivorous ones, flyspray.

I have my A/C on so maybe they won't want to come in..... honestly I am so sick I dont give a fuck. I really dont want to kill them..... but the AC feels so good..... I HATE to be cold ask any man I've ever dated, today I stood out in 51 degree (Fahrenheit) weather because I was too warm, my windows are up, my AC unit is going and my fans are on and I still cant seem to cool down. I dont seem to have a fever......


ok I'm leavin... I'm bitchin too much... waves


Kyttn

I can't believe nobody's suggested this yet....


Take the boybugs out of the room, and the ladybugs will follow!

BWAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!


Get it!!!!!! Cos the lady bugs-

Yeah, sorry.

:trout:

They reek? I had never noticed. Of course,out her in sunny So. Cal, we might see one lady bug at a time. Two would be a movement. Three would be an invasion.

Four would be a restaurant?

>humming< you can get anything you want at Alices' Restaurant. Excepting Alice.

That's the one.

I think that song is hilarious. Can't wait to hear it again.

I've heard nothing about if it's going to continue, but WRLT has had a long tradition of playing Arlo's classic on Thanksgiving Day...you can be entertained while having "another Thanksgiving dinner that couldn't be beat" :line:

A cousin of mine has it on cd. So we'll be loading up the vw microbus and taking the garbage out once our meal is over.

We interrupt this Arlo Guthrie remembrance to report the following:

We've been having an invasion of fruit flies since, oh, about the same time as Bama had the ladybugs (same reason, cool weather) Bleach down the drains & not leaving dishes in the sink so much have had no effect (except I swear I hear the flies giggling)...mrs zoid googled up a solution today of 2 tblsp sugar, 1/2 cup vinegar, & 1 tsp dishwashing soap, left in bowls around the house. So far, three dead flies floating & a vague pickle aroma.

scotz bleach down the drain doesn't work check out this site for some helpfull hints on how to take care of the problem.
http://www.doyourownpestcontrol.com/fruit_fly.htm

Best thing I found was a splash of red wine in a small glass or egg cup with a few drops of dishwashing liquid and leave it in the same spot, cleaning out and refilling as necessary. Didn't get rid of them all but caught a huge number of them so I at least felt I was going some way to getting rid of them instead of them just flying around laughing hysterically at me.

I think red wine is chemically similar to the sugar + vinegar mix, so yeh, it sounds like that would work too.

Booger, wife also found another way to eliminate the breeding grounds in the drains, involved boiling water poured down (to loosen the debris), followed by something else, can't remember what she said. I have some off-brand drain cleaner gel, I may give that a try, since it's there & I don't have to go get something else...

scotz the best thing I found for clean out drains is about a cup of vinegar in a pot of boiling water and right before you poor that down put some baking soda down the drain. The hot water loosens up the debris and the vinegar and baking soda helps clean them out. I've use that as my main drain clear for years work just as well or better then most stuff you can buy.