Ladybugs Invade Your House!
Half way through fall and most of the leaves have fallen, the snow is flying and the local ski mountains are opening up. As much as we love our nice comfortable warm houses so do ladybugs. Asian Lady Beetles or ladybugs are not native to the B.C. and populations of the bug have exploded throughout the lower mainland as well as the Pacific Northwest. These insects prefer our warm houses to the cold outdoors and will mass around light-colored buildings, by the dozens. Asian lady bugs emanate a bitter, smelly odour after being handled or crushed and can stain house hold furnishings with a yellowy liquid they produce from their legs. Also, they do bite and some people might be allergic to them. So, here are a few suggestions to keep these ladies outdoors (of course this works for most insects as well). Seal all cracks and crevices in your house with silicon latex, including where cable wires, phone lines, and other wires and pipes run into your house. Repair or replace windows screens, repair door sweeps and inspect garage door’s bottom rubber seals. Also consider having your house sprayed with insecticide. If any do get inside merely vacuum them up and change the bag regularly to avoid a persistent stink.
gogreenpestcontrol.ca Ladner Tsawwassen Delta B.C. Randy Bilesky
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