Yesterday as I was walking through the yard something flew into my head. I flicked it off not really paying attention to what it was. Then another hit my head, my shirt, my shoulder. Then all of a sudden it hit me (mentally that is)....OK, now imagine the sound of "Psycho" knife attack music and the background around me suddenly zooming away and a close up of my face, then mouth, then inside of my open mouth as I scream "Asian beetles!!!!!! Aaaahhhhh!!!!" and run screaming into the house, slamming the door behind me, leaning, gasping for breath against it, knowing there's no escape, because soon they will even infiltrate the walls of my house. Ladybugs, as some people call them. Cute, little, crawling, flying, swarming ladybugs. Everywhere!
Do any of you get swarmed by these in the fall? They really teem this time of year outside. Then when the cold hits, we'll find them on our ceilings, in corners, on our lights, in our windows, by the hundreds. I have not found a bug spray that kills them yet. I vaccuum them constantly. If I smash one, then it stains whatever it was on and stinks. I even have to empty the vaccuum bag or it will stink. Are these a problem anywhere else in the country. I heard they were brought in to kill aphids (I think) and have reproduced like crazy (an introduced intrusive species). Does anyone have a solution other than putting up with them until spring?
