Bugs !!

[bqz]

Has anyone had problems with beetles this year ?
(kinda look like ladybugs but brownish orange) If so what can you do stop them .I was at my in-laws over the weekend and they have them everywhere and don't know what to do about it, any ideas?

[jross]

Originally Posted by bqz

Has anyone had problems with beetles this year ?
(kinda look like ladybugs but brownish orange) If so what can you do stop them .I was at my in-laws over the weekend and they have them everywhere and don't know what to do about it, any ideas?

They probably are Asian ladybugs that wintered over in the house. They were introduced as an integrated pest management tool replacing pesticides. They are attracted to light colored houses and no amount of caulking and sealing will keep them out. One place of entrance many overlook is the sash rope hole at the top of the window. We put a piece of cotton ball in the hole which allows the window to operate yet seal it. I believe someone on an earlier thread mentioned an insecticide that is sprayed on the house, but I forgot what it was and when it was posted. They will leave for the summer, but they will be back. We haven't had the severe infestations here in the last few years , but some Homesteaders posted picture that were astounding, piles of beetles.

[jer]

Bug bombs set off through out the house is the only way I have found. We do bug bombs every fall and spring to kill all the bugs and spiders also. You have to leave the house and closed up for about three hours then let it air out well when done. It works.

[Aintlifegrand]

Yes...we are overrun with them...and the caterpillars and the mosqito eaters, and then we had an invasion of the huge lime green moths which I have never seen before so I looked them up and they were Luna Moths which typically are very rare to be in this area...they only were around last week. I am glad..they freaked me out sitting on my screens at night looking in...pretty but weird...I am not sure of anything that kills all these bugs but I am hoping my new six ducks hurry up and get ready to go outside and eat all these bugs because I think it will be a very buggy year for us..worse than usual and for Louisiana that is really bad since we typically have lots of bugs anyway..I hate bugs....

[uncle Will in In.]

In Indiana the Asian beetles are very noticeable this time of year inside the houses because they are ready to go back out and do whatever they do all summer mostly undetected. If you do nothing they will be out of sight in a couple weeks. They are the thickest in the east windows. The vacumn cleaner hose will thin them out, if you want to go that route. If you open the doors and windows on warmer days many will leave.
The most important thing to remember is, if you accidently get one in your mouth, either swallow, or spit! Whatever you do don't chew!!!

[bqz]

The most important thing to remember is, if you accidently get one in your mouth, either swallow, or spit! Whatever you do don't chew!!!

I'm guessing they don't taste like chicken
It's actually in Tn.But i guess the same still holds true with bugs no matter where your at.

I believe someone on an earlier thread mentioned an insecticide that is sprayed on the house,

If any body has heard of something like this let me know,I would at least like to check into it.

Thanks ,
Bob

[BaronsMom]

Multi-colored Asian Ladybird Beetles

http://lancaster.unl.edu/pest/resour...dyBeetle.shtml

[Tamalama]

Vacum them, don't squash (they stink)

[Marilyn]

Someone last fall suggested soaking cotton balls in camphorated oil then placing them in each window and doorway. He said that it worked very well for them, but I have not found camphorated oil yet.

[rambler]

The vaccum cleaner will stink, they have been real bad here in MN the past 3-4 years. About 2 days in fall they go in your house, and 2 days in spring they leave the house.

They naturally burrow into cliffs in their native place. They use your house to hibernate here.

I'd not want to spray too much in spring. They will die & be piled up a foot deep in your walls......

In fall before they start swarmming, spray the outside of your house, every window, door, & seam. Ortho makes some stuff, as well as red plastic bottles of Enforcer 360. Suqirt bottles. Says on the lable it lasts 6 months or longer. They are right. You gotta be treating at least the day before you see them covering your house tho.

The piles of dead bugs will be on the outside of the house if you spray in fall.

I'm scared of where the piles of bugs will be in spring if you did nothing last fall......

--->Paul

[turtlehead]

We vacuum them and it does make the vacuum bag stink (and so the vacuum blows stinky air throughout the house - lovely).

They go away in a couple of weeks to live outside, as stated previously.

I've read that some folks put the toe end of a leg of panty hose down their vacuum tube but leave the thigh part opening outside the vacuum hose. The idea is to suck the bugs in and have them accumulate in the pantyhose leg and then throw them away, so they don't stink up your vacuum. I don't wear pantyhose though and haven't bothered purchasing them just to try this. Still, it's an idea others may want to try and see if it's of any benefit.

What I hate most is the way they fall into my beverage or plate of food Ick!

[Ford8N]

I am swarmed with box elder bugs right now.

[Jim S.]

There is a Mexican beetle that looks like a ladybug, and we get swarms of them. They BITE, unlike lady bugs. Only way to tell them apart is by the spots on them.

[Jaclynne]

June Bugs! Hundreds of them! Every night the window screens are covered and they make a constant noise bumping into the screen. We haven't had june bugs in several years, and I think March too soon for them anyway.

Since they emerge from grubs underground, does this mean we have less fireants this year?

Halo