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| First of all, these are not ladybugs. They are Asian Beatles. They are pests. If you see a few, there are thousands more. OK, here is the warning. If they get in your travel trailer or LQ of your horse trailer, you have a problem. Got in a friend's RV so they bombed it. Definitely killed them all but the smell was so intense, they had to get rid of their trailer. You need to get some cow eartags and put them in heater, hot water heater, and refrigerator compartments. Would not hurt to put one in the cord storage area too. I opened my rear tack and there were about a thousand in there. Not a lot of harm done was able to brush them out, but they will get in the walls and everything. I live in NE TX and I know they are bad in N LA also. |
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Location: Arkansas | Thanks for this. I was out around the trailer two days ago and had several on me. I told Sean to get us lined out with ear tags!!! We're planning on going to NCHA Futurity and I don't want to spend time with them in Ft Worth in the next few weeks. |
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Location: Kansas | I call them manbugs. They are a nuisance.
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Location: Jersey Girl | What do they look like?? I don't think I have ever seen or heard of them..... |
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| fulltiltfilly - 2016-11-28 7:22 AM
What do they look like?? I don't think I have ever seen or heard of them.....
They look just like cute little ladybugs. |
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Location: Kansas | I think they tend more toward lighter orange where ladybugs lean more to reddish in color.
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| I have light ones, dark ones, ones that have spots, ones that don't have spots. googled images for you
https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&ca...
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Location: north dakota | We usually have a bunch show up after harvesting soybeans. They stink when you squash them also. |
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Location: Southeast Louisiana | I'll be getting some cow ear tags! Thanks for the tip, I didn't know to do that. |
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Location: Kansas | what do they do? I've seen them, my daughter always trys to pick them up |
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| We get them every year in our living room bay windows. They are awful, and just when you think you got them all, a 100 more pop up!!
Ours don't smell though. We vacuum them up with the shop vac. |
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Location: NE Texas | crossspur - 2016-11-28 8:37 AM
They bite too & it hurts!
I was wondering what I did wrong for a Lady Bug to bite the shizzle out of me on Friday! Now I know! lol |
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Location: Texas | They hate lemon so you can get lemon flavored cleaners and spray and clean with and that should also help out. I just spray Lemon Lysol around window sills ect and I have not had a problem so far. |
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| crossspur - 2016-11-28 8:37 AM
They bite too & it hurts!
Yes they bite and yes it hurts
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Location: South | Ortho Home Defense works too! I had them little lovely's in my house. :( |
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| Be sure and check the roof of your dogs mouth ....
these Asian beetles will attach themselves and make their mouth very sore ..
and they have a major loss of appetite ....
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Location: Florida.. | thats a hoax.... the dogs mouth |
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| As if I didn't have enough insects I hate dealing with outside right now... I thought they were lady bugs too until I read this! There's thousands of them swarming around my house and porch. They land in my hair and on my sunglasses when I'm doing stuff outside. Ugh! How long do these pests hang around. This is the first time I've seen them. Soon as I warn my kids when they get home from school, they may never want to go outside again! |
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Location: Stephenville, TX | Whatever you do, don't use your vacuum on the little buggers. Mine stunk so bad I had to buy a new one! |
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Location: Cap'n Joan Rotgut.....alberta | Wow...you guys dure do deal with some nasty ass bugs and critters. ..yucky....m |
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Location: Texas | They are everywhere today at our place in East Texas. In the truck and around the shop. I sprayed a bunch with Raid. Round 2 tomorrow, I am guessing. |
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| Country vets CV-80D spray is knocking them out pretty good here. |
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Location: Tennessee | BroncoBetty - 2016-11-29 3:32 PM
Whatever you do, don't use your vacuum on the little buggers. Mine stunk so bad I had to buy a new one!
Good tip for using the vacuum is to put a sheer stocking, or an old pair of pantyhose, over the end of the hose and vacuum them up. That will allow you to get rid of them (we then dump them in a ziplock bag that has water and dawn dish soap in it) without ruining your vacuum. This is what our exterminator recommended and it worked well. Like someone else said, lemon based cleaning products (as well as peppermint) work to deter them as well. |
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| I had to pick up a horse at the trainer today so took the trailer to school. Went to lock the dressing room and it was full of those darn things. I was able to shake most of them off a halter which seemed to be their favorite spot. Darn bugs. |
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