Why do I have so many ladybugs in my house today?

Answer 1

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 ther are quite a few you may want to use a vacuum with a disposable bag. The vacuum beats them around a little and they smell bad.

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 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.

Answer 2

Just think of all the good luck you are going to have!!! Lady bugs are good luck creatures..Maybe they came in with some plants... You know you can buy a box of 500 to 1000 :Ladybugs at Home
depot at a certain time of the years.

Answer 3

They are starting to hibernate for the winter, and seem to migrate in mass. In New Mexico, on Mt. Capulin, a national monument that is an extinct volcano, you can sometimes find them massed in late summer in the thousands and thousands--really beautiful to see. Though I would not want to see that many in my house!

Answer 4

the lady bug will be coming into your house to hibernate for the winter.Not only in your house but any crack they can find,