Ladybugs every where!!! Help please

My husband sprays around the outside of our house with Melathian (I probably misspelled that, but can't find the container). It's the great cure all for anything creeping on the ground to flying around it. I'd spray and plan to be gone for a few hours, it's really strong. It's for outside use only.

Hope that works, helped us keep the spider population down during the rainy season and I haven't had problems with the lady bugs yet.

Ladybugs are good luck...and are also known as "insects of the gods". I wouldn't mess with them, they might put a curse on you and your family and then you'll have 5 years of bad luck. They'll fly away when they're ready. Or you could try putting flowers and plants farther away from your house. That will attract the ladybugs and they'll spend more time there, and not so close to your doors, windows, etc. where they could get in

We also have the Japanese beetles that look like the common ladybug. With the cooler air & sunnier days they are showing up everywhere. It's mating time for them actually. A few drops of liquid dishsoap in a spray bottle with water shot on them works wonders killing them.
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I can't help you, but I just noticed the same thing yesterday. I went to open my screen door and there they were. My thought was, oh no, it is ladyy bug time again!

Hi Wisconsin:

I like to watch small ladybugs.

I have never heard on an Asian ladybug. Do you use a bug spray? If not then try spaying honey on them and then the birds might have a nice sweet lunch.

Ivor

I'm having the same problem! I can't find anythingg that really works well yet....I have used Raid for flying bugs,,I put up alot of fly traps that are sticky that catches them and I aslo sweep them up in my sweeper...I don't know what else to do for them myself..Sorry I can't be much more help to you..But good luck...

I also live in Wisconsin, and we have had this problem for over 10 years...

All I can say is to vaccuum them, and catch them by hand, Dust alot, as They eat dust mites, Avoid using Sweet smelling scents as they are attract to sweet cents.. They have Lady bug traps with ultraviolet lights you can use.. but I do not have faith in that.. However...

The best remedy I found is fly strips, Vacuuming...
Sweeping. Best times to vacuum is late evening and early morning because then the bugs are all asleep huddled in the corner of the ceilings and walls..

And if you are going to be out of the house for a long time turn the thermostat down, as they are attracted to warm areas too...

Most of the problem here starts when they harvest the fields.. The wind blows the lady bugs, and the first thing they land on surrounded by marshland and cornfields is our house ...

They also claim they do not breed inside.. We discovered they do after we discovered baby lady bugs crawling out of our gingerbred houses once. So make sure any foods are sealed tight, wash windows, and dust alot.. I noticed keeping the house white glove test cleans means less invade.. but I have not found a way to get rid of them entirely....

However, I have thought about these people who sell lady bugs.. If we could only convince the Lady bug sellers to start a lady bug cleaning service! To come rescue us from these bugs! lol...

I never had an allergy in my life these lady bugs have given me asthma...

And all those years I recited Lady bug Fly away home! I did not mean for them to fly away to my home, even if I was a child and said to them bring back all your buddies! ... I had no idea! lol...

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