Re: Where are the lady bugs?

Posted by Deutz Lover on September 25, 2015 at 11:48:58 from (70.193.167.24):

In Reply to: Where are the lady bugs? posted by Geo-TH,In on September 25, 2015 at 05:15:57:

I am new to the forums and I am not familiar with the common jargon. When you say asian ladybugs are you referring to the carnivorous biocontrol beetles or the planting eating kind?

The reason I ask is as follows:

The true carnivorous ladybug can be attracted away from buildings by having a white or very light covered structure with a little heat. Vacuum as many as you can (try to minimize the suction and put something soft in the shop type vac.) and put them in a screened cage in this shelter (actually just some tented tin painted white?? and maybe a sheet of styrofoam insulation. They are attracted at a distance by light colored objects, heat prior to oncoming cold and each other (pheromones) .

Or paint your house olive drab. lol

In all seriousness too much insecticide can have a bad effect on their populations.

This post was edited by Deutz Lover at 12:08:48 09/25/15 4 times.

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