How do you keep lady bugs from invading my house??

Question

They are all over!

Answer 1

well they do favor the warm side of your home and at nite they will go where ever u have light at they are asian beetles they r so dumb they will dive rite into your food even if u have them that bad u will need a good pest control company id call orkin there really good and all extra services r free anytime 1800 orkin goodluck

Answer 2

Good Morning :)

I'm sorry about your problem and from what I've been researching, it doesn't seem like there's one foolproof way to get rid of them -- Take heart, though -- I did find a few wonderful sights with suggestions for minimizing the problem.

For example "In late summer and early fall, the beetle can enter buildings through cracks and crevices. A homeowner can exclude the lady beetles by screening (20 mesh maximum) windows, doors and exhaust vents.

Weatherstripping or caulking can be applied to cracks and openings outside the house. These methods are the best lines of defense.

Dark colors, which are least attractive to the beetles, can be chosen when exterior repainting is done.

Spraying with an insecticide or killing by another method is NOT
recommended for H. axyridis because it is beneficial to agriculture and horticulture. These lady beetles are not poisonous, carriers of human disease or biting, stinging insects. They will not feed on wood, clothing, carpets, draperies or human food. They do not reproduceindoors.

There is no perfect method to get rid of lady beetles that make their way indoors. They can be encouraged to fly outside through an open window. Lady beetles can be swept up with a broom and dust pan.

Scientists have used a soft brush to whisk them into containers. One person on the Internet suggested putting damp paper towels in windows to attract and collect the lady beetles. H. axyridis may be released outside in warmer weather, away from homes, near a source of food or in a greenhouse.

Tedders stores lady beetles, captured during the winter, in containers in a refrigerator. He brings them out once a week to warm up and sip sugar water. In the spring, when aphids are available outdoors, he releases the beetles.

Some sources say that a vacuum cleaner crevice tool can be used to get rid of H. £uyridis. This method sometimes kills the lady beetles. The dead beetles, if allowed to accumulate in the vacuum cleaner bag for several days, may cause an odor. If the beetles remain alive, they may escape from the cleaner into the house. In either case, the homeowner is advised to seal the bag tightly and dispose of it as soon as the vacuuming is complete. A piece of cloth may be put over the nozzle to collect the lady beetles alive, then they may be released as advised above." (http://www.ibiblio.org/london/agriculture/forums/sustainable-agriculture/msg01936.html)

I also found a few other sites listed below which should answer all your questions about ridding your house of ladybugs. Good luck :)

Answer 3

A few years ago we had a ladybug infestation here. Some days you couldnt go outside without breathing a few in. Pest control comapnies said there's nothing they could do. They'll just come back in. Had to vacuum every day at dusk. They get in through holes you never knew you had, like under my siding, Good thing is that they congregate on the sunny windows for easy suckup.

Like someone else said- wait for a good frost.

Answer 4

Asian lady bugs. They are entering your house from an opening. A small opening will do. Look at your windows, doors, vents. Find the opening and then close it. They are coming in to die. They are a nuisance but they are good luck.

Answer 5

The exterminator tells me this is because the bugsl ike to wintry climate over in cracks and crevices round your residing house because the residing house generates sufficient warmth to shop them alive at the same time as they hibernate. at the same time as it receives to chilly they flow deeper into the residing house getting into the walls the position it is warmth sufficient to cause them to energetic and they initiate to roam round searching for nutrition. it is undesirable for the insects and us in that they alter into pests and they starve because they don't have any nutrition. woman insects devour aphids from backyard plant life and are a benifical insect. Stink insects are both meat eaters and plant eaters and are not benificial. once you've in difficulty-free words some the exterminators say go away it on my own. even if it is a topic he suggested a basic bulb capture in the eves or attic might want to help. Killing stink insects are very nearly no longer conceivable. you ought to attend to the backyard in the spring and the residing house in the fall and also you not in any respect get all of them so in accordance to the exterminator you ought to stay with it. there's a secure in door product called Diatec that you'll get from the information superhighway. it is organic and scents like citris. expenditures 20 money for a pound and also you want a duster and function to airborne dirt and mud each and every of the interior sunshine switches and out shall we the attic, eves and crawl areas. you would possibly want to need 5 lbs for most homes and it isn't one hundred % valuable because you allways miss some elements. on your case even if this is the tub room it would want to paintings. you ought to seal the residing house windows until eventually spring. so a concepts I somewhat were putting up with my insects 4 orf ive an afternoon. I capture them and despatched them on a cruise down the lavatory.

Answer 6

Keep window and doors closed. use doors an shady side of house and wait for a good frost.