Help Please!

[chels23]

The post I read was under predators and pests and on page 47. Hope it helps

 

[spatcher]

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I sell the DE Jenn and currently have about 400# of it. Unfortunately I think I could spread the 400# and not get them all. They are here every year but its worse this year. They get in the house and hibernate then go back out in the spring to do whatever it is they do. I have a canopy over the deck and they are on top of it and on the underside of it and as I said the siding on the back of the house is covered with them. The ones outside will disappear about sundown and will be back in force again tomorrow. If you go outside they land on any exposed skin and bite you.

 

[spatcher]

Thanx Chels!

 

[tomcio]

spatcher:

When we moved to our house in 2005 (October), we found thousands of those evil things in all the rooms of the house. Regular bug spray or bug bomb will kill them inside, but short of fumigating the whole neighborhood you will not get rid of them in a hurry.

By now they probably set up camp inside the walls, in the basement, and in every patch of shrub you have in the yard... Yep, you are stuck with them. At least for a while!

So, here is the good news: They seem to come in cycles and the cycles can be shortened. This year we hardly had any. Last year they were moderate, but the year prior was insane!

This is how we dealt with them. So, hang in there, kill as many as you can with bug spray, wash the outside of the house with hose, vacuum up your walls and crevasses. I don't know how cold your area gets, but if its around or below freezing, they will go dormant, and come out in groups throughout the winter. A lot will re-appear in the spring, but so long as you stay on top of them, you stand a chance at reducing the population.

Oh, and we call them ladybugs as well, I have been told they are native to China and have been introduced to America as a way to control aphid (I think) population. Guess it didn't work out

Good luck.

 

[spatcher]

Just read the entire thread on them Chel. Evidently not much to be done. If I come up with anything will surely post it here. Thanks All!

 

[AngieChick]

We have over 450 native types of lady bugs, but as was stated above the ones that are a problem were brought here as a pest control measure.

I know they are irritating, but you may be stuck killing what you can and waiting out the rest.

Maybe spray paint your dogs?

Sorry I wasn't more helpful, but their season should be at a close right now for you.

 

[chickenzoo]

I wonder if the large, wide rolls of fly tape would help. They are bright yellow????
Just watch out for chickens, they like to pick off the flys on mine and then go screaming through the yard with a piece stuck to their behind.

 

[ChickenTender63]

I used to have a bug fumigator that I would set up outside that would kill mosquitoes, spiders, and flying insects. I wonder if something like that would work. It was a fogger and I think it ran off of a small propane tank and you would add the pesticide. It was supposedly safe for humans and pets, but deadly to other critters.

We used it before outdoor events and such, and it really helped. It would cover about a half acre I beilieve and I got it at Menards when we lived in the mid-west. I don't know where you would find one in your area, nor do I remeber the name of it any more.

I think it was only about $25, but it was money well spent at that time.

Good luck to ya!

CT

 

[spatcher]

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Thanks for the suggestion and I already have one of those. I had some liquid seven that I found and put that in a 2 gal sprayer and tried that. I knocked them down pretty good and will check in a bit to see if that did the trick. Thanks again All!

 

[whitecra]

I am fighting red wasp and yellow jackets here. My son came in a few mintues ago and told me to come and look. They are everywhere. Then we noticed them trying to get in the door of our storage building. When I looked I saw that the window inside is covered with them. I am not kidding. You can't see in the window because of them. I went to the store and bought more wasp spray and then found a fogger for the storage building and opened the door very slowly. I set one off and shut the door. I sure hope it kills them.
Chris