Posted: 11/15/2016 2:44:53 PM EDT
| In the past few weeks, everytime I step out on my porch there's tons of ladybugs all over, buzzing around. They're getting as annoying as the mosquitos were. What gives...anyone else noticing this? |
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Is it cooling down, down there? They are probably trying to find a way inside where they can sense it is warmer. Up here they are looking for a warmish place to winter I believe. My office 75 feet up gets them wiggling in through brick cracks around the windows. This building gets inundated by them every fall. They usually die in the florescent light fixtures. |
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Our township had a serious aphid infestation several years ago. Everything made out of wood was covered in a carpet of aphids.
I even tried to kill them with fire, but there were just too many. The city imported a few million ladybugs from Japan and the aphids were gone in less than a week. We had ladybugs all over the house, but I like them, so I didn't mind. Kids had a couple of pet toads at the time, so they were well fed. |
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Those aren't standard ladybugs, I bet. They are the Asian lady beetles, and they bite. Are the red (ladybugs) or orange-brown (ALB)? http://www.connorspest.com/sites/default/files/ladybug-vs-asian-beetle.png Little fuckers will waggle their dick at you as well |
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Used to have them bad in ohio years ago. They were Asian lady bugs and I guess they didn't hibernate like the natural ones so they always swarmed the first warm days of any fall or winter. Used to see thousands of them. Dogs used to eat them, and they drove my dad crazy in the house. They were always flying around and annoying, touch them and they stunk. They bite too. Didn't hurt or swell any.
Then they disappeared and barely see them anymore. |
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Every summer we have them literally covering the bottom 2-3 feet of most of our Ponderosa Pine trees. I'm talking probably in the tens of thousands. They'll also take up residence in the prairie grass at times. Makes mowing the pasture a bitch, if I want to try and keep them around. But hey, no aphids. |
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Those aren't standard ladybugs, I bet. They are the Asian lady beetles, and they bite. Are the red (ladybugs) or orange-brown (ALB)? http://www.connorspest.com/sites/default/files/ladybug-vs-asian-beetle.png Little fuckers will waggle their dick at you as well Ones I remember usually didn't have black spots and we're more of an orange color on the wings. |
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I bet those aren't standard ladybugs. They are likely the Asian lady beetles, and they bite. Are they red (ladybugs) or orange-brown (ALB)? http://www.connorspest.com/sites/default/files/ladybug-vs-asian-beetle.png This. |
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I bet those aren't standard ladybugs. They are likely the Asian lady beetles, and they bite. Are they red (ladybugs) or orange-brown (ALB)? http://www.connorspest.com/sites/default/files/ladybug-vs-asian-beetle.png This. Took a closer look, and yeah they appear to be the Asian ones |
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Every summer we have them literally covering the bottom 2-3 feet of most of our Ponderosa Pine trees. I'm talking probably in the tens of thousands. They'll also take up residence in the prairie grass at times. Makes mowing the pasture a bitch, if I want to try and keep them around. But hey, no aphids. Ugh. They stink when there's that many in one place - I've seen them swarm in the tens lf thousands inside an office building. |
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Took a closer look, and yeah they appear to be the Asian ones Quoted:
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I bet those aren't standard ladybugs. They are likely the Asian lady beetles, and they bite. Are they red (ladybugs) or orange-brown (ALB)? http://www.connorspest.com/sites/default/files/ladybug-vs-asian-beetle.png This. Took a closer look, and yeah they appear to be the Asian ones Correct ladybugs are prominent in the Spring, these fall versions are not good for anything! I'd kill everyone I saw if I didn't think it was a wasted effort. |
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I bet those aren't standard ladybugs. They are likely the Asian lady beetles, and they bite. Are they red (ladybugs) or orange-brown (ALB)? http://www.connorspest.com/sites/default/files/ladybug-vs-asian-beetle.png And they stink something fierce. |
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Quoted: Ugh. They stink when there's that many in one place - I've seen them swarm in the tens lf thousands inside an office building. Quoted: Quoted: Every summer we have them literally covering the bottom 2-3 feet of most of our Ponderosa Pine trees. I'm talking probably in the tens of thousands. They'll also take up residence in the prairie grass at times. Makes mowing the pasture a bitch, if I want to try and keep them around. But hey, no aphids. Ugh. They stink when there's that many in one place - I've seen them swarm in the tens lf thousands inside an office building. Thankfully, mine are the actual lady bugs. Didn't notice a smell, and I've got a sharp nose. |
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Side note for the dog crowd...
http://kfor.com/2015/11/23/do-not-let-this-picture-of-insects-inside-a-dogs-mouth-freak-you-out/ A.W.D. |
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Shield Bugs, Asian Beatles, and Box Elder Bugs are all bad this year. Probably due to the massive amount of rain we got here. They are all annoying, and they all stink. A couple of good freezes and they are gone, but they will hide in your garage and then come out when it warms up. Nothing seems to eat the damn things as they are extremely obvious, slow, and dumb. |
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Ladybugs are good. They eat aphids. Could be the Asian ones. They do not eat aphids. But they do not stink as much as stink bugs do. Fortunately I think the past couple deep freezes during the winter have been taking their toll on them. They haven't been as bad the past 2-3 years as they were before. |
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Side note for the dog crowd... http://kfor.com/2015/11/23/do-not-let-this-picture-of-insects-inside-a-dogs-mouth-freak-you-out/ A.W.D. A little peanutbutter will clear that right up. |