Darn asian ladybugs are back.......

[Dan Thiem]

Yeti-
Yup. Same invite for you.We have a fish house on Lake Zumbro.

[Cyberfish]

Yeah they do have a little M on them, just like m&m s ! round colorful crunchy hard shell, soft and tasty on the inside, melts in your mouth not in your hands.
Plus bonus protein!

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simul iustus et peccator

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[MN_Moose]

I sprayed the house with Seven from Home Depot. Seemed to eliminate them but, it has cooled off from last Sat when they were so bad. It's just as important to spray the lawn surronding the house. I didn't know the soapy water killed them. I thought that was more of a detractant.

[Dave B]

We have a few beetles, but the box elder bugs are really bad this year. We havent had hardly any for 2 years (only 3rd fall in home), but they are all over the inside and outside of the house. If I dont do anything this year will they be worse next year or is it just bad in my area this year? Any suggestions?

[northernnels]

Dave B you have to treat the exterior of the house every fall best time around the 20th or so of september. They usually dont hit till the first of oct. Nels

[EBass]

Regular lady bugs are more red with black spots. The lady asian beetles are orange with black spots.

Lady bugs don't bite, well I don't think they do, but the asian beetles sure do.

[Esoxmn]

What do you call a male lady bug?

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Let'em go, Let'em grow
Gary

[stmichael]

cross dresser

[Neiko]

I went to Mills looking for a bug bomb and the guy working gave me this stuff with Permicitrin(sp?). He said a guy called the U of M wanting to know what works with Asian Beetles and cluster flies. I start spraying the south side of the cabin at the end of Sept until we got some good freeze. I try to spray every couple days just to be safe. And for the record they don't actually bite they pinch you. No matter what it still hurts.

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Neiko

[The Grebe]

Neiko....Well, I figure that if the beetles use two little fingers, on the hands at the ends of their skinny little arms/legs and twist a little flesh, thats a pinch!

If they somehow use some part of their little beetle mouths to get ahold of you, thats a bite!

A bite, a pinch, either way, a little rubber mallet, or a small ballpeen hammer, in a 1/4 arc, will fix them every time!

It's kind of hard on cars, windows, siding and it is not reccommended for children under 12 years of age, but it gets er done!