Ladybugs

[Burlkraft]

The ladybugs and Asian Beetles are two different bugs. The Asians bite and swarm and are a DanG pain >:( >:( They smell too >:( >:(

[barbender]

  That's right- never had a problem with regular lady bugs, actually used to be a treat when you saw a lady bug around here cause you didn't see them very often.  Then about 5-6 years ago we started getting those asian beetles and they come in swarms.  They bite, stink, and in general are a real pain.  I'd like to see whoever imported them strung from a big oak tree.  Every time a non native species is released it causes problems (nutria, starling, leafy spurge, etc.)  I wonder if these bugs were brought here legally or not, there should be laws against it.

[SwampDonkey]

Yes they are the Asian variety, but I've never been bitten by any.  :

[metalspinner]

Maybe the same fella that brought cudzu over here is responsible for the ladybugs as well.

[Burlkraft]

From what I heard the Asian Beetles were brought here to eat the alfalfa and soy bean aphids. I don't ever recall my house being over run with aphids though >:( >:( >:(

[SwampDonkey]

I think also the green peach aphid on potatoes. We have a few farmers that grow soyabeans here, but there is a limited market locally for the beans. Only one guy I know of that dries them and sells them out of province. They seem to grow them awefully late in the fall here, and that's our wet season.

[rebocardo]

I would rather have the ladybugs then the things they eat bothering me.

[johncinquo]

I have apple orchards, and soybeans planted all around me, you can guess what my windows look like anytime the sun is shining, a giant swarm. 

I found somewhere (maybe on here) that a good way to kill them off is....  well I forget what the exact chemical is but can go look it up again, but regardless I tried to buy just that chemical with no luck.  I then searched a bunch of killers on the shelf and found that Roach Proof had the highest concentration of that ingredient of anything else I came across.  I sprinkle some of it on the window sills and areas they accumulate and the wander through it and die off.  It looks like a giant mine field at the end of the day. 

[SwampDonkey]

I use CIL Vapona strips, good for 4 months.

[Patty]

The asian bugs are back in full force at our place also. Actually they never left all through the winter.  >:(   They have ruined the beautiful fall days we used to have here in Iowa. Now you can't go outside on those days due to the huge swarms of the bugs. They are nasty.

Rumor around here is they were released to eat the aphids off the soy beans by Iowa State Univ ag dept. The aphids were never as much as a problem as the DanG asian bugs are.  >:(

[Max sawdust]

It is my understanding they were brought in to eat aphids in farm fields.  Which is what they do in summer.  Then they seek the warmest spot to winter.  (Like your house.)

Not sure on this but I think you would be hard pressed to find a ladybug, I think these stinking rotten Asian beetles killed them off.

Keep in mind the Asian beetles very greatly in color and number of spots.  So you may think you have a lady bug, but it is a variation of Asian beetle.

I assume what the garden catalogs sell as "ladybugs" are really Asian beetles.  Which is WRONG in my opinion.  The things should be outlawed >:(

Maybe the chemical companies brought this non native species in as an "organic" pest control solution.  Knowing full well they would migrate to houses in winter so they could sell a ton of chemicals to home owners.

Hmmm conspiracy theory   ya
Max

[Norm]

The best part is they still spray for the soybean aphids here. Last year we started seeing the ag planes thick, I was hoping they would put a hurt on the ladybugs too. No such luck, they were as thick as ever.

[SwampDonkey]

There are alot of the buggers. I can remember the last few years of harvesting grain, where the load of fresh cut wheat would be alive and crawling with asian beetles, even stink bugs.  :