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Every fall, when the soybeans are picked, we are swarmed by Asian beetles. They come inside through the tiniest crack around windows and doors. They smell terrible when they are crushed. How can we keep them outside?
By Jean
Here's what we do around the home front: Get those cans of bombing spray (Family Dollar) for insect control. Place them under your house in various locations. Close all doorways to the crawl space. This helps control most of the problem. Those that do get inside the house, I use a glass jar with a lid and about 1/4 cup of Pine Sol. Using the lid, scoop the beetles into the jar and close up. Give a gentle shake and they die without the odor. When you have enough beetles in the jar of Pine Sol, you can flush down the commode and start again.
Beetles are attracted to light; ceiling lights, lamps, computer screen you will find them crawling up the walls near them. You might want to keep several jars around the house in different places for easy access to help control. Using a vacuum on them to suck 'em up only helps make their odor linger and not too pleasant when using the vacuum either.
I am doing a lady trap and I want to know what scent do ladybugs like?
Ladybugs are attracted to aphid infested plants. They are also attracted to a few flowering plants. If you can find an aphid infested plant it is the best way to attract a lot of ladybugs.
They like light and food. Get some aphid infected plants and they will love that.
We have been invaded by numerous orange and black Asian lady beetles (not lady bugs, but the orange ones). They smell and bite. I can not use chemicals as we have family members with allergies and I do some part time weekend child care. I have been vacuuming them up numerous times a day.
Does anyone have any tried and true suggestions that work as to how to get rid of them?
I am rather OCD about keeping a spotlessly clean and smell free house and it is driving me bonkers.
Lady beetles can be a problem because they enter your home and hibernate in your walls during the winter months.
Lemon oil in a diffuser helps alot and clears them out. Ive also heard planting mums helps keep them out which I havent tried yet. Something about the smell of the mums they cant stand and also mums have some thing in it that is used for pest sprays and bug bombs. I never knew that about mums but its true. I have dogs and I know they make animals sick and worse get stuck in the roof of the mouth of dogs.
This page is about getting rid of lady bugs. These insects can be a nuisance in some parts of the country.
This is a page about making an Asian ladybug trap. While Asian lady beetles can be quite beneficial for pest control, many people find them to be a nuisance.
Asian beetle are not ladybugs. Asian beetles look a lot like ladybugs though and can be nuisance. Here is some information about Autumn ladybug invasions.
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I have a chalet in WV and use it two weekends a month. In late Fall millions of Asian beetles (that look like ladybugs) fly in mass from the mountains and head for my chalet for warmth.