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[ChromeCollar]

Get rid of these damn Japanese Lady Beetles!!! They are driving me mental. I assumed that with the below zero temps this winter that they would be frozen out and die. Oh no... the little jerks feel a taste of spring and they are everywhere again. Crawling on my porch floor, buzzing on the ceilings, freaking my daughter out.

If someone has ANY advice on how to get rid of these pests before the warm weather truly starts in, please comment. I am being overrun.

 

[ffemtp]

i'm not sure where you are located but i have been still killing them up here in Northern IL . If you find any answers let me know.

 

[MMorJon]

there all dead up here in the twin cities area

 

[ChromeCollar]

I live in Ohio, and I thought mine were all dead also. Wait until things start to thaw out. They'll be back with a vengeance. Trying to find some info on how to get rid of them right now and getting nowhere.

 

[ChromeCollar]

Okay, well I found something but it wasnt very promising. Here is a link for anyone else who might be interested in this. And if anyone has any suggestions, please mention them.


Asian Lady Beetles and how we love to hate them

 

[ReadyOne]

They are very good about finding "warm" places to winter over, like crawling under the siding of a house, etc.

Late summer (August) is when yo find the grubs/larva/what ever you call them on the ground. Sevin works great then to control next year's crop.

As for this year, best you can do is spray to protect your plants.

I don't believe there are any "natural" preditors, though birds, etc. will get some of them.

Moral: If you must bing a pest, bring it's entrire ecosystem...

 

[ReadyOne]

Interesting reading in the above article.

I see what I've been told about reporduction is wrong. Perhaps they wanted to sell me the fertilizer/insecticide for August/Sept use.

I can say the Sevin knocked them down quite well when they started eating our yard.

 

[Weird Harold]

And if anyone has any suggestions, please mention them.

From your link:
While the beetles tend to be more attracted to lighter colored buildings, illumination or brightness appears to be an even stronger attractant than color. For this reason, beetles tend to initially congregate on the sunnier (southwest) side of most buildings. Homes or buildings that are not brightly illuminated by sun, especially if shaded on the southwest side, are less likely to attract lady beetles.

Sounds like a job for a bug-zapper and/or an awning on the sunny side of your house.

Citronella candles or Pyrethrione Coils in the areas they congregate might help send them somewhere else, too.