their taking over my house!!!
2007-03-22 15:51:52 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Home & Garden ➔ Do It Yourself (DIY)
We too have (had) this problem. Also with Fleas.
Go to your local garden center and buy some lime. rent or buy a push spreader and spread the lime in your yard, a good white covering. Also, pour a good line around your foundation. Let it rain or use a sprinkler to fade the white lime out. Do this again in about 2 weeks after a good rain or sprinkler.
Also, about every foot around your foundation, dig a little hole, about 6 inches deep. Drop 4 or 5 moth balls into the holes, cover back with soil.
Our house is an old house, 107 years old. We have wood bees too around our soffitt. We popped moth balls in each hole the wood bees (like a bumble bee). Got rid of them suckers too.
It is pet safe too. Our vet recommended it. It has worked for us. We live in East TN near the TN/GA line in the mountains.
You may be asking why treat your lawn and foundation for bugs already in the house? Well, your yard is the highway for these pests to enter.
A good trick we use to fumigate our basement and moist areas of house house is a a good dehumidifier with AVON Skin so soft in the water. Don't know why, but it works.
Good Luck
2007-03-22 19:45:44 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i wonder where you live? Im in Tennessee and we have a small bug, looks almost identical to lady bug, and they swarm in the millions. So I go to clean the house next door for a man selling it, and I find layers and layers of these bugs all on top of the cabinets, etc. Another neighbor was swarmed also and called an exterminator, and guess what? They are on the protected list, cant fumigate or spray or nothing, LOL> they arent endangered, they are all here! They are some kind of bug that was introduced to control aphids i think, but went wild. both my neighbors get litteraly covered with them while my house doesnt. I have trees and shade all around my house, big trees. their house is in the open, no shade, so they love the sun and the color white too it seems. They nest in the ground if im not mistaken and come out several times a year and swarm during breeding. Only thing you can do is to screen all openings and plant lots of trees.good luck.
2007-03-22 16:00:57 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Lady bugs eat aphids bugs that kill plants, all spring and summer. They can be found in gardens, food gardens, trees and on all kinds of plants. They are our friends. Some people buy them and put them on their plants so they can eat the bugs.
When it starts to get cold they find shelter in buildings and homes and plan on spending the winter there to keep warm. When the weather warms up they leave and go to plants and eat more aphids. They have stored up fat in them so they will not have to eat.
2015-03-23 02:53:49 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Go to your local hardware store and buy this product called "Terro" look for orange packing. It's made to kill ants but it works for all insects. I had a problem with spiders worked like a charm. You can buy it in pellets, powder, liquid, and spray. Just follow their directions good luck.
2007-03-23 04:06:56 · answer #4 · answered by mployed 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
we had this problem too. we found out that they were mostly coming in through our basement, so we glued saran wrap over our small windows in the basement, and that helped a lot, but they were still getting in. eventually we just had to call an exterminator.
2007-03-22 15:55:19 · answer #5 · answered by mighty_power7 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
we had the same problem a few years ago. we would just vaccum them up with a hand help one. those small so bad
2007-03-22 15:55:04 · answer #6 · answered by happy 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
hire an exterminator that is highly recommended
2007-03-22 15:54:11 · answer #7 · answered by igot5birds 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
clean up and get and exterminator
2007-03-23 11:27:33 · answer #8 · answered by george e 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I know, I know. We spray with "Raid" and use the vacuum.
2007-03-22 17:16:34 · answer #9 · answered by cowboydoc 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋