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Tuesday, November 3, 2009

Ladybugs in the House!

Ladybugs in the House!

As winter approaches, this is the time of year when ladybugs
look for a warm, cozy place to spend the winter.  You may be
seeing ladybugs in your house, clustered on windowsills,
crawling along the walls, flying from room to room and
generally making nuisances of themselves.

Ladybugs are useful insects in the garden as they eat a variety
of insect pests that would otherwise eat your plants.  But they
have no business being in your house.  Native ladybugs usually
spend the winter nestled in groups amongst leaf litter or
they'll even find a cave for their winter home.  It is the
non-native Asian lady beetles who make such great efforts to

spend their winters inside our homes with us.
 
Some of these Asian lady beetles will expire over winter, and
their carcasses can leave stains behind, not to mention the
bad smell they exude.  They can make quite a mess and get
themselves into all sorts of places they shouldn't be, like
your computer keyboard.  If enough of them mass together, they
can even clog pipes and vents.

The best way to get Asian lady beetles out of the house is to
prevent them from entering in the first place.  They can crawl
in through the smallest cracks, so seal windows with caulk,
add weatherstripping around doors and place fine screens over
any openings into the attic and soffits.  As you bring your
gardening tools and ornaments inside for the winter, check
them to make sure there are no ladybugs coming inside along
with them.

If ladybugs do manage to get inside the house, they can be
vacuumed up.  If you are vacuuming up ladybugs, either remove
the dust bag immediately and deposit it in an outdoor trash can,
or wrap a plastic bag over the end of the vacuum hose so the
ladybugs don't crawl right back out.

Avoid swatting ladybugs as they are likely to stain whatever
they were squished against, and their yellow blood can leave
an odor like burnt rubber.  You can also try capturing the
ladybugs and releasing them outdoors, but they are likely to
make an effort to come back inside.  If ladybugs are clustered
on the siding of your home, they are waiting for an opportunity
to enter your home.  Knock them down with a strong spray from
a hose.