Invasion of Ladybugs in Pennsylvania
Wednesday, 21. October 2009, 20:11:47
I just vacuumed five or six hundred ladybugs 
and I am so disgusted! For three days we have had warm weather which has brought the ladybugs out of hibernation and into the home. I even tried sitting outside to MMS blog, but it was impossible because the ladybugs were dive-bombing my head! 
According to Wiki it is futile. I just have to wait for the cold weather to put them asleep again. They say:
"Numerous methods of control have been investigated in areas where this beetle has been introduced and causes a threat to native species and biodiversity and to the grape industry. These include insecticides, trapping, removal of aggregates of beetles and mechanically preventing entry to buildings[12]. Methods under development involves the investigation of natural parasites and pathogens, including the use of parasitic sexually transmitted mites and fungal diseases[13].
The best methods for dealing with them in private homes involve sealing openings they may enter through to keep them from getting in in the first place. The common suggestion about vacuuming them up is not advised because of the mess and smell it produces in the vacuum cleaner."
I wish I knew that first!
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