I have eaisily over 2000 ladybugs in my room at the moment and I was wondering how I could kill them with out the bad smell that emit and without using a vacume cleaner. I was thinking maybe some sort of trap but I dont know how I should make it or whatever but they r really annoying they r buzzing around. plz help
2006-10-18 12:26:50 · 4 answers · asked by bugatti 2 in Home & Garden ➔ Other - Home & Garden
Studies at some leading universities have found the best way to control them is to get three tubes of caulk and a caulk gun and go around the house and fill every crack and hole you can find, especially on the south and west sides. It's a lot of work but these Asian ladybugs get between the outer wall of the house and the inner wall. If they find a hole in the inner wall, well, then they are in your house.
Once there the best control is a vacuum. If there are as many as you say you want to use a disposable bag vacuum if you have one because the vacuum beats them up a bit and they smell pretty rank. Throw the bag away.
The beauty of caulk is it works for years and it keeps out a lot of other pests like spiders, ants, millipedes, etc.
You other option for ones on the outside is to get a hose-end sprayer and spray the sides of your house with malathion or sevin. This will kill most of them before they can get between the walls. The downside is you have to do it every year. The first year may be an emergency and your only option but do you really want to have to spray your house every year? And who wants to live in a house coated with pesticide?
Go for the caulk. I did it and I had exactly 3 of them show up in my house all last autumn and winter.
2006-10-18 15:51:29 · answer #1 · answered by college kid 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just use a No Scent Bug Spray! Or u can create a trap by moving all the stuff in the room and killing the bugs by a cloth or put some glue on hard cardboard and put it on the floor or under a bed. that will take out some of them.
2006-10-18 12:50:01 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree with your first answerer... try to get them by the handfull and take them outside or to your garden room if you have one...they are really helpful with other garden pests. I know they stink, but they won't be inside long, and they don't hurt anything while they are there. I don't have a clue why they pick some homes to come indoors and not others. I have had them in two different apartments I have lived in, but never in the home we are in now! Go figure... I have a flower garden now and could really use them in my yard! LOL
2006-10-18 12:54:37 · answer #3 · answered by themom 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Put them out in your garden, they eat Aphids, and are a natural pest control, they leave fast.
2006-10-18 12:34:56 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋