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Tue Nov 04, 2008 12:06 pm

I got up this morning and there must be a couple hundred ladybugs on my ceiling, where the heck did they come from, and how do you safely get rid of them?

Tue Nov 04, 2008 12:07 pm

i put them there.

Tue Nov 04, 2008 12:10 pm

get em with the shop vac.

Tue Nov 04, 2008 12:10 pm

my65vert wrote: i put them there.

so you're the f'er that stole my ladybugs? I WANT THEM BACK!!!

http://www.geocities.com/sseagraves/ladybugfacts.htm

Tue Nov 04, 2008 12:13 pm

Them's are some good eatin'. Fry those bitches up and put a little Texas Pete on them.

Tue Nov 04, 2008 12:17 pm

Depends on the area of the country you're in. Chances are you had them all along nesting in the walls...they just moved inwards following the warm air. Like orangeeye said, pick 'em off with a vaccum cleaner. Change the bag so it's new, suck 'em up, them release them back outdoors. They'll find other nesting spots.

Tue Nov 04, 2008 12:22 pm

Letterman7 wrote: Depends on the area of the country you're in. Chances are you had them all along nesting in the walls...they just moved inwards following the warm air. Like orangeeye said, pick 'em off with a vaccum cleaner. Change the bag so it's new, suck 'em up, them release them back outdoors. They'll find other nesting spots.

I wonder if they're strong enought to survive the succion and bouncing around once they get sucked by the vacumm?
Can you please do it with the shop vac. and repost.

Tue Nov 04, 2008 12:35 pm

put them in your garden...excellent pest killers.

Tue Nov 04, 2008 12:40 pm

420GOAT wrote: put them in your garden...excellent pest killers. What if I sent all of the ones I have to you?

Tue Nov 04, 2008 12:49 pm

BUGTHUG wrote: I got up this morning and there must be a couple hundred ladybugs on my ceiling, where the heck did they come from, and how do you safely get rid of them?

Why would you want to get rid of so much good luck?

Tue Nov 04, 2008 1:32 pm

Yes, they are harmless but DON'T PISS THEM OFF! They can let off the worst smells!

Vacuum them up if you can.

Often they are not true lady bugs but similar looking bugs the government imported to eat the gypsy moth larvae.
Lot of "lady bugs" not many gypsy moths, Lots of Gypsy moths, not a lot of lady bugs.

Dave

Tue Nov 04, 2008 3:13 pm

They are looking for a place to hibernate for the winter.
And if you piss them off, they will smell like Tram.

Tue Nov 04, 2008 3:43 pm

Icy wrote: 420GOAT wrote: put them in your garden...excellent pest killers. What if I sent all of the ones I have to you?

theyd be my buddies and so much happier here. 8)

Tue Nov 04, 2008 4:28 pm

420GOAT wrote: put them in your garden...excellent pest killers.

yep! thats what a lot of organic farmers do

Tue Nov 04, 2008 4:50 pm

I've been trying to catch and release them, just like I'm the man from ICE. If you do smash them they excrete a dark yellow oooze that smells kinda bad.
My little garden is done for this year so they will have to find food somewhere else,. Man I have thousands of them all over the outside of my house, its like a swarm. I'm so glad they aren't roaches :lol:

Tue Nov 04, 2008 4:59 pm

8) dont send them to Florida we have enough insects coming in...oh I mean tourists

I think the lady bug thing sounds like a plague but lucky, you might win the lotto or somthing

Tue Nov 04, 2008 5:23 pm

mannys66 wrote: Letterman7 wrote: Depends on the area of the country you're in. Chances are you had them all along nesting in the walls...they just moved inwards following the warm air. Like orangeeye said, pick 'em off with a vaccum cleaner. Change the bag so it's new, suck 'em up, them release them back outdoors. They'll find other nesting spots.

I wonder if they're strong enought to survive the succion and bouncing around once they get sucked by the vacumm?
Can you please do it with the shop vac. and repost.

Boofuckinhoo! Just spray Raid on those bastards and be glad you did! They stink, get in everything, and will leave little black poop stains all over the ceiling which will leach through the paint you will try to cover it up with! Ask me how I know... :evil:

Tue Nov 04, 2008 5:30 pm

VOODOOKING wrote: 420GOAT wrote: put them in your garden...excellent pest killers.

yep! thats what a lot of organic farmers do

You can make decent money selling them too.

Tue Nov 04, 2008 5:37 pm

crofty wrote: VOODOOKING wrote: 420GOAT wrote: put them in your garden...excellent pest killers.

yep! thats what a lot of organic farmers do

You can make decent money selling them too.
sell them to Icy to make a red queer polka dot coat.

Tue Nov 04, 2008 5:49 pm

They're Japanese Ladybird Beetles. They were brought in for pest control and of course they took over because the Gov't is clueless when it comes to managing the environment.

Kill them.