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F*n Ladybugs!
Anyone else have a zillion ladybugs in their house!? I'm becoming a little overwhelmed with this (im a neat freak)! Any ideas how to keep them out/away?
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Re: F*n Ladybugs!
Yes! What is causing this?? We just moved into a new house a couple of months ago and it keeps getting progressively worse. I've heard it has to do with the direction our house faces?
DH keeps threatening to call an exterminator but I don't really want any chemicals used in/around the house with DS and the dog. At this rate of ladybug procreation I will be losing that fight very soon.
BFP 3/28/16 (EDD 12/9/16) * Chemical pregnancy
ME: 40 yrs.old
DH: 41 yrs.old
DD: 5 yrs.
My mom had these a few years ago. They were coming in around the windows, so they sealed around them and they quit coming in.
Can you tell where they are entering? Maybe you can seal up those places
Me too!
DH said that he heard/read somewhere that if you spray lemon pledge on the outside of your windows, it will repel them. I'm hoping that once spring arrive it will get better!
There are, what seems like, a million dead ladybugs all over my carpets. I cant run the vacuum enough! Grr. It's really annoying!
The windows are all new, so I cannot imagine that they are coming from around them. Once spring arrive, DH plans on going around the house with a magnifying glass to make sure it's all sealed up. But I need to get through this next couple of months!
we have ladybugs and stinkbugs - both are gross -
someone told me that they can flatten themselves to get into incredibly small spaces - like window seals - I don't know but it is GROSS:)
Oy!
I have seem a couple of pseudoscorpions in our bedroom. If you look them up online, they look horrendous! But they are little tiny things!
Is having nasty bugs in your house a PA thing??! LOL
All of our windows are brand new as well and I don't think there is a sealing issue, but we'll definitely be checking. We were thinking maybe they came in through the HVAC system or something. And I'll totally try the Lemon Pledge, really I'd try just about anything at this point.
Perhaps it is a PA thing! Do you mind me asking what part of PA you are located in?
They hibernated in your house during the winter, now that it is sping they are waking up and making their way outdoors. Different than in the fall when they are coming in, the best way to get them out is open a window or a door during the warmest part of the day.
Pesticides are not very effective. There is a link below that talks about ways to prevent them from coming into your home and ways to remove them. However, if you garden or have fruit trees, keep in mind that they are a form of natural pest control method and are good to have around. If you let them, they will leave on their own quickly and most likely without any harm to you. Although they seriously freak me out. My husband does a lot of organic gardening for his resturant and is a bit a of expert on their advantages. HTH.
https://entweb.clemson.edu/eiis/pdfs/hs3.pdf
BFP 3/17/10 Missed M/C Confirmed 4/12/10
MIF+Unexplained DX Feb 2012: Femara+Trigger+IUI=BFP
Ugh! Lovebugs are so annoying!! You try to swat them away and they just kind of float around. I heard that they were made by UF scientists by crossing flies with mosquitoes...figures they'd come from UF!! (FSU Alum here...)
Another Gator Hater here ladies! I attended FSU as well, and I remember someone telling us that story during freshman orientation
I also remember having to retouch the paint on my bumper 2-3 times a year from those stupid lovebugs.... so annoying.
~Sweet Girl *8/18/08* c-section ~ Sweet Boy *12/2/10* VBAC ~ Sweet Boy *8/14/12* VBAC~
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