2006-11-09 08:23:27 · 10 answers · asked by s_t_e_v_e_n_t_o_o_h_o_t 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Garden & Landscape
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.
2006-11-10 03:01:56 · answer #1 · answered by college kid 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You actually have "that" many ladybugs? Wow! If you have rose bushes and other plants around the outside of your house, ladybugs keep the smaller bugs away because the smaller bugs eat roses! If you have a home Depot in your city or town, they will buy the lady bugs from you, did you know that? Other stores do to. I hate the idea of you killing them, and I don't really know "how" to just get rid of them. Sell them if you can, okay?
2006-11-09 10:09:41 · answer #2 · answered by Republican!!! 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If they are true lady bugs, lady bird beetles, they are congregating for the winter. No damage will be done, they are just hanging out, no sex, not eating, just half asleep, talking to their buddies. You can scoop them up and move them elsewhere.
If they are a bug that looks like lady bugs, the just take your shop vac out and vacuum them up. If you must kill them, squirt some RAID or some such in at the end and keep them sealed up for an hour or so. That way you have them all gathered together and can squirt them with the least amount of toxic chemical.
2006-11-09 08:27:49 · answer #3 · answered by fluffernut 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If I am thinking the kind of ladybugs you have are not true ladybugs they are actually Japanese beetles. They do bite and the only way I have found that will get rid of them is constant vacuuming. Vacuum around all edges of the carpet and in corners. You can try bug killer but I have not found any of them to be effective. They lay their eggs at the edges of the carpet and in the corners. They are about as hard to get rid of as roaches. The only other thing you can do is call an exterminator.
2006-11-09 08:37:21 · answer #4 · answered by miamac49616 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If I were you I wont get rid of them they were created for a purpose as you were created too for a purpose. Don't you know lady bugs protects your garden and your surrounding from mosquitos. In your question I dont think lady bug dont stay inside a house.
2006-11-09 08:31:08 · answer #5 · answered by tigas 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You really don't want to get rid of ladybugs, they are good bugs. Ladybugs eat aphids and other insects that harm your plants. If you have lots of ladybugs its because they are feasting on the bad bugs, if you get rid of them all you will have left are the bad bugs. People go to nursery's and buy ladybugs as a natural form of insecticide.
2006-11-09 08:28:19 · answer #6 · answered by smartypants909 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You've got aphids. Lady bugs eat aphids. get rid of the aphids and you'll get rid of the lady bugs....
2006-11-09 08:44:59 · answer #7 · answered by Captain Blarg 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
why on earth do you want to rid yourself of the best friendly insects you could possibly have???they eat aphids and other harmful insects!!!do you know people pay money for ladybugs to help their garden???they sell them online...by the hundreds!count yourself lucky that you have them!
2006-11-10 01:52:47 · answer #8 · answered by tinaluvsglass 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they are very harmelss and often die if they live indoors too long. also one day a year they swarm and are attracted to the outside of light colored houses
2006-11-10 03:19:55 · answer #9 · answered by Jim G 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
move!...lol y would u wanna get rid of them they r such cute lil'bugs.
2006-11-09 10:44:26 · answer #10 · answered by cindagirl 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋