i was going home from school, and as soon as i get to my stairs i saw that my house was covered in ladybugs. i almost couldnt get in the front door. how can i get them to go away? cause their starting to get into the house.
2006-10-17 09:34:20 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Home & Garden ➔ Other - Home & Garden
We have ladybug problems here too. The front of my house gets completely covered in them. According to Terminix, who our company uses for bugs, there isn't much you can do about them. However, this won't last very long. A few days, week at the most.
I'm guessing that your house is white. Mine is too. I read an article in our local paper that because in their natural environment they flock towards light-colored rocks/stones that they will flock to white colored homes. For next year, you might want to consider painting the exterior of your house a darker color, then they won't be so attracted.
2006-10-17 09:45:18 · answer #1 · answered by ktan_the_siren 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ladybugs migrate. Use a bagless vacuum cleaner to capture them and then release them back outside. Some of them won't survive the vacuuming, but you will have a higher mortality rate if you just leave them in your house. I go through this every year, too. Good luck.
2006-10-17 09:53:22 · answer #2 · answered by Aunty Social 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Asian lady bugs are drawn to houses (especially light colored houses) at this time of year. Your best solution according to some leading university studies is to get yourself three tubes of caulk and a caulk gun and go around your house and fill every crack and hole you can find, especially on the south and west sides. They get into your house through these holes and live for the winter between the outer wall of you house and the inner wall. The problem occurs when they find holes in the inner wall. Then they can get into the house. So keeping them out of the walls is the answer.
If you want a immediate one time answer, get a hose end sprayer and spray the sides of your house with malathion or sevin. It will kill them before they can get in but if you don't patch the holes you have to coat your house with poison every fall. Who really wants to live in a poison coated house anyway?
2006-10-17 10:24:36 · answer #3 · answered by college kid 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Ladybugs are completely benign, just leave them alone and they'll do their own thing without interfering with you. They eat lots of small garden pests and are good for the environment.
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2016-05-18 20:10:04 · answer #5 · answered by pauline 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They eat bad bugs. Ignore the ladybugs or you can end up with more of the bad bugs.
2006-10-17 09:36:39 · answer #6 · answered by Clown Knows 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
HAD THE SAME PROBLEM - INVASION
I'M NOT A TREE HUGGER, BUT I JUST COULDN'T BRING MYSELF TO KILL'EM! TOO PRETTY & BENIFICIAL!
2006-10-17 09:37:43 · answer #7 · answered by Bonno 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋