Asian lady beetles

[CrappieHunter]

Anyone else notice that there seems to be a lot more of them this year?

 

[lunkerslayer]

Whatever you do dont squash them they release a scent that will only attract more, citronella candles or orange peels work the best. I deal with them little bastards every year

 

[guywhofishes]

Plague level but tapering off rapidly

Minute Pirate bugs have bitten people so badly they look like swimmer’s itch (chiggers)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orius

luckily I appear immune to their proboscis nasty juice

 

[CrappieHunter]

Whatever you do dont squash them they release a scent that will only attract more, citronella candles or orange peels work the best. I deal with them little bastards every year

Thanks, I’m going to try that

 

[bucksnbears]

Billions of them here.
They sure can ruin a nice evening on the deck.

 

[Prairie Doggin']

Destroy your apples, too. Little bastards bore in from top or bottom. Harder on them than wasps last few years.

 

[riverview]

is it true they were brought here to eat aphids in soybeans??

 

[Prairie Doggin']

Real ladybugs will do that.

 

[svnmag]

They were introduced in WV in the early 90's. Grandma hated them and swore to her grave they wouldn't eat aphids. She had many anecdotes from her garden.

 

[Auggie]

They show up in houses every year when soybeans dessicate causing their food source, aphids to die.

 

[svnmag]

They show up in houses every year when soybeans dessicate causing their food source, aphids to die.

Sounds logical. Grandma said they'd ball up all over her house. I've just had to deal with my box elder friends.

 

[KDM]

They will tear an infant or small child up if parents don't pay attention. It's heartbreaking to look at what those little bastages will do. Rash doesn't even come close to the sores they cause when they tear open skin. I've seen it happen in homes that leave windows/doors open in the fall to enjoy the cool weather or in trailers that are a bit more porous in their constuction. They are looking for moisture, which is why they bite people. They will steadily get worse in homes until the first hard frost. Then they taper off. They are NOT my favorite beetle to say the least. Stay Safe!!!!

 

[LBrandt]

They will tear an infant or small child up if parents don't pay attention. It's heartbreaking to look at what those little bastages will do. Rash doesn't even come close to the sores they cause when they tear open skin. I've seen it happen in homes that leave windows/doors open in the fall to enjoy the cool weather or in trailers that are a bit more porous in their constuction. They are looking for moisture, which is why they bite people. They will steadily get worse in homes until the first hard frost. Then they taper off. They are NOT my favorite beetle to say the least. Stay Safe!!!!

They also tear up old men. LB

 

[wslayer]

They are lousy out on the golf course. Soon the fricken Box elder bugs will be crazy too.

 

[NodakBob]

 

[svnmag]

I wonder what would happen to a few hubcaps etc, filled with mild soapy water and/or fucking arsenic(?) Grandma had her stories--I never visited until after the first frost from '86 on. ^^^^ That tree needs a flame thrower bark treatment. (weed burner) esp. after KDM's post.

 

[svnmag]

I stopped the box elder bugs with some kind of shit --turns out just now I found this product: I wasn't real happy about spraying the outside of the house with two toddlers/normal ventilation/etc. ^^^^It worked for the BEBs. It took two seasons for complete results. GTG the third year.

I got one of "these":

 

[Fallguy]

Took a few in the teeth tonight on my bike ride. Not a great flavor.

 

[svnmag]

^^^^Get two. Keep one available with some diesel fuel/gasoline; to immediately kill wasp/hornet nests:

I don't recommend coating fuel on the exterior of a house. It's for precise application: Mark the jug. Mark the jug. Mark the jug as containing a volatile substance/liquid. Wear PPE and don't smoke anything.

--Don't eat the white packet in your jerky. Don't eat the interior of any battery. Don't use an anvil to correct your dog. Don't use your penis as a vessel to launch a bottle rocket.

That is all:

 

[johnr]

^^^^Get two. Keep one available with some diesel fuel/gasoline; to immediately kill wasp/hornet nests:

I don't recommend coating fuel on the exterior of a house. It's for precise application: Mark the jug. Mark the jug. Mark the jug as containing a volatile substance/liquid. Wear PPE and don't smoke anything.

--Don't eat the white packet in your jerky. Don't eat the interior of any battery. Don't use an anvil to correct your dog. Don't use your penis as a vessel to launch a bottle rocket.

That is all:

Is this a thing?