With the cooler weather outside, some of you may notice unwelcomed visitors inside.
Lori Ward emailed News13 asking, “How do you get rid of ladybugs inside your house? And how do you get them to stop coming in the house?”
According to the website, HowToGetRidOfStuff.com, ladybugs are attracted to older, lighter color homes. They look for cracks in the wood or openings in the house to get inside and warm up.
Jim Cagle with 1st Response Pest Control said the best way to keep them from coming inside is to patch up any cracks or seeps in your walls. If the ladybugs don’t have a way to get in, they will stay outside.
However, patching up every little crack is probably not feasible for everyone. So, Cagle says if you only have a few ladybugs, just try to scoop them up and put them outside.
For bigger ladybug problems, Cagle says an aerosol pesticide for flying insects should take care of the job.
There’s also another solution we found on the Internet from the Ohio State University Extension. It sounds odd, but apparently gets the job done.
You’ll need:
A vacuum cleaner with a hose
One leg of a nylon pantyhose
Take the nylon and put it in the vacuum hose, foot-part first. Then attach the nylon to the vacuum with a rubberband. You’ve now created a net of sorts to “collect” the ladybugs in. (see diagram) Then turn on the vacuum and suck the critters up. Be sure to tie the top of the nylon with the rubberband before turning of the vacuum, to keep the critters from getting out. Then you can either take the ladybugs back outside, or dispose of them.
Again, we know it sounds odd…but, this technique apparently works for the people online who have tried it.
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