JoyfulMama Posted October 21, 2009 Share Posted October 21, 2009 Please someone else tell me that their home is being attacked by ladybugs. Tell me I'm not the only one who is vacuuming them up like crazy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jkodman Posted October 21, 2009 Share Posted October 21, 2009 We had the same problem with them on the ceilings. They were COVERING our tree in the backyard because of an aphid situation. Seems ladybugs love to eat aphids, we had them in all stages of the life cycle everywhere near the tree. We probably had hundreds of them. What is so funny is that years ago we tried to raise them from larva in one of those kits and I killed them all! But now we have a huge science project in the backyard. They probably came to eat some pest so if you can let them do their job they are the good guys! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matryoshka Posted October 21, 2009 Share Posted October 21, 2009 Please someone else tell me that their home is being attacked by ladybugs. Tell me I'm not the only one who is vacuuming them up like crazy! LOL - there are a lot of them this year! I walked into chorus today with three on my shirt. These are the Asian Multicolored Ladybeetles. They are new to the US, and have almost wiped out (out-competed) native and even other introduced species over the past decade or so. One thing that's very different about them is that they like to hibernate in our houses! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NHDeb Posted October 21, 2009 Share Posted October 21, 2009 They are here with a vengeance! My house is COVERED in them - they hitch a ride on the dogs and come in or fly in whenever a door is open. Crazy things! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michelle T Posted October 21, 2009 Share Posted October 21, 2009 I have a big garden, with 50 rose bushes and loads of flowers, so there are always too many aphids! I love lady bugs, they gobble the aphids up! Michelle T Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blossom'sGirl Posted October 21, 2009 Share Posted October 21, 2009 We had them yesterday really bad. The 2 sunny sides of our house were covered. I let the chickens out hoping they would feast on them but they are nasty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scrapxs4 Posted October 21, 2009 Share Posted October 21, 2009 I was once told that lady bugs in your home brings you good luck so I am going to be one lucky lady. How ever today homeschool day did not leave me feeling so lucky . lol We have them every yr. They are everywhere mainly in the front of the house which is a living room and 2 bedrooms. I find shop vac' ing them makes easy clean up of my lucky creatures. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lynn Posted October 21, 2009 Share Posted October 21, 2009 Baby girl would love to see this. She is so disappointed that our lady bug season is passed. We spent many evening hunting lady bugs to put in her jar but they'll be gone until spring here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jujsky Posted October 21, 2009 Share Posted October 21, 2009 My house, my brother's house, and DH's work are all under ladybug attacks :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFSinIL Posted October 21, 2009 Share Posted October 21, 2009 They are in Illinois, too ... and found the hole in my bedroom window screen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kewb Posted October 21, 2009 Share Posted October 21, 2009 At a friends house this afternoon there was a whole swarm of them in her window. Very cool to look at. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mandamom Posted October 21, 2009 Share Posted October 21, 2009 I'm seeing lots of ladybugs after just getting over the stink bugs which were all over the place. Now, it is the ladybugs and the box elder bugs. Bugs, bugs and more bugs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doodle Posted October 21, 2009 Share Posted October 21, 2009 I was once told that lady bugs in your home brings you good luck... I have heard this too. So the year we had lots and lots of them on the south side of the house, I let them be. Those who found their way inside were captured and release outside. That was the year I finally (3+yrs of TTC) got pregnant:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WTMCassandra Posted October 22, 2009 Share Posted October 22, 2009 A house I owned in King George, Virginia, had this issue. Every year, ladybugs would swarm on the south wall in the fall. Drove me nuts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leanna Tomlinson Posted October 22, 2009 Share Posted October 22, 2009 I just noticed them for the first time this morning and by afternoon they were everywhere! We're in southern Ohio Leanna Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6packofun Posted October 22, 2009 Share Posted October 22, 2009 I hadn't noticed them at all outside until I went for a run today. I almost swallowed about a dozen of them! lol THey aren't in our house yet, but I'm sure they will get in soon. Ugh. It's not as bad as other years that I can remember, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tap Posted October 22, 2009 Share Posted October 22, 2009 My mil's house gets invaded every year, but only on the second story. About 12/13 years ago we stayed the night in an upstairs room off the attic that they very rarely use. We found tons of lady bugs up there. I mentioned it to mil who was nice about it but just let it go. I found out years later that she figured I was just being finicky and thought that I probably saw 2 or so, and was just being fussy. Until the following year when she was up there when the infestation hit....then she understood. :lol: There were hundreds in view and I can't imagine how many elsewhere. :lol: They weren't lucky for me, it was a very, very bad weekend. I am glad we see them as happy little bugs. I would have freaked out if I really thought about the fact that the room was covered in beetles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paula j Posted October 22, 2009 Share Posted October 22, 2009 yep, they found me here too! I was talking on the phone on my porch swing earlier and was dive bombed by several of the little ladies. A couple of them went back in with me on my hair.:glare: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mommyof4ks Posted October 22, 2009 Share Posted October 22, 2009 Wow, send some this way. We have aphids. :glare: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoyfulMama Posted October 22, 2009 Author Share Posted October 22, 2009 A house I owned in King George, Virginia, had this issue. Every year, ladybugs would swarm on the south wall in the fall. Drove me nuts. Yes, mine start on the south walls in the morning, then migrate around the house as the sun moves across the sky. No neighbors, and some trees near to the house, but no shade on the house. I don't doubt there are lots of aphids - we have tons of lovelies for them to munch on, and there's lots of other critters and snakes and bugs around too, since they love the woods, and we've got lots of those. Our problem is that the windows on the third floor are original windows (house is 150 yrs old). They were supposed to be replaced in the spring, but well... here we are still waiting for the owner of the house (we rent) and his maintenance man to get things together. We are supposed to renew our lease next month... we'll see if the windows are done. It wouldn't be so bad except for those windows. We just can't open the doors - as realized by dd3, as she opened the interior front door today, and in came a bunch that were hanging out between the doors. For now, all windows have been sprayed down, as have all the doors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luanne Posted October 22, 2009 Share Posted October 22, 2009 in northern Minnesota. The three things that were having a contest to see which one could take over the inside of the house were lady bugs, flies, and spiders. I don't miss that place. :001_huh: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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