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StormCrazyIowan · #1 Postby **StormCrazyIowan** » Sun Oct 05, 2003 3:53 pm

It must be a fall thing, though I don't remember ever seeing them this bad- LADY BUG BEETLES EVERYWHERE!!!!!! When I go to my front door, I see them everywhere, at least 20 right on the door, and many more flying around! They aren't lady bugs, they are the look-alike beetles that bite!! Anyone else having a problem with these??

breeze · #2 Postby **breeze** » Sun Oct 05, 2003 5:16 pm

For several years in a row, about 5-ish years ago,
we had them, everywhere! They got in the
car, in the house...they were on the ceilings,
in the windows/curtains...you couldn't keep
them out! I think they've migrated, elsewhere,
now....Enjoy! :lol:

StormCrazyIowan · #3 Postby **StormCrazyIowan** » Sun Oct 05, 2003 5:23 pm

Thanks!

That is exactly how they are right now! Driving me crazy when I have to pull them out of my hair! Thats what I get for having long, red hair, they camoflauge! LOL

breeze · #4 Postby **breeze** » Sun Oct 05, 2003 6:43 pm

LOL, I used to have red hair for
about 15 years...matched my green eyes
and light skin, perfectly....then, I got lazy
and let the dark brown/gray alias salt & pepper
return...Jeez...that's just an F.Y.I., ya'll...

Jacki, the only thing you can do is hope that they
move on, next year. You don't have enough
vacuum cleaner bags to keep them under
control...trust me....these things I know! :lol:

Colin · #5 Postby **Colin** » Sun Oct 05, 2003 7:38 pm

Sounds pretty nasty...I haven't seen any of them here so far!

breeze · #6 Postby **breeze** » Sun Oct 05, 2003 8:12 pm

They're just very annoying buggers!

ColdFront77 · #7 Postby **ColdFront77** » Sun Oct 05, 2003 8:12 pm

There were "tan lady bugs"-- called "pumpkin bugs" that showed up in eastern Massachusetts/southern New England every few years.

I believe they appeared in my area (in southern New England) in the autumn, too.

breeze · #8 Postby **breeze** » Sun Oct 05, 2003 8:25 pm

Yep, that's the ones, Tom - not red, but
orange-ish in color - rumour has it that the
paper companies turned them loose to
devour the insects that tended to kill the
trees used for paper production...?

StormCrazyIowan · #9 Postby **StormCrazyIowan** » Sun Oct 05, 2003 9:30 pm

I don't know, but they are all up in my area! :o :lol:

Lake Effect1 · #10 Postby **Lake Effect1** » Tue Oct 07, 2003 4:29 am

We have them in our area too! nasty little critters. I think Dennis had a thread about them being in his area this spring.

hunter84 · #11 Postby **hunter84** » Tue Oct 07, 2003 4:46 am

my house was covered with them today. We get one nice fall day and they spoil it.

ColdFront77 · #12 Postby **ColdFront77** » Tue Oct 07, 2003 3:35 pm

There was a segment on The Weather Channel about 15 minutes ago (20 minutes past the hour) on "Lifestyles" about these beetles. They are called "Asian Lady Beetles."

StormCrazyIowan · #13 Postby **StormCrazyIowan** » Tue Oct 07, 2003 6:44 pm

Yep, thats the ones, they even made our local news last night! :lol:

Miss Mary · #14 Postby **Miss Mary** » Tue Oct 07, 2003 7:23 pm

I've been slowly painting our wood exterior windows for a week now. Today I was on the sunny side of the house and they were everywhere. Getting stuck in the paint, flying into my eyes. Landing on my glasses. Cute but after a while they're annoying.

Mary

breeze · #15 Postby **breeze** » Tue Oct 07, 2003 7:54 pm

LOL, Miss Mary - they're a torment! Cute, but,
the ones that got inside did not escape the wrath
of breeze's vacuum cleaner!

StormCrazyIowan · #16 Postby **StormCrazyIowan** » Tue Oct 07, 2003 8:13 pm

Man, I need to take a picture of all the ones outside my door, I mean, there are dozens and dozens and DOZENS!! I counted 18 of them one day, and that was just the ones that made it on the INSIDE of the door!!! lol

breeze · #17 Postby **breeze** » Tue Oct 07, 2003 9:10 pm

Back in the 60's, America was invaded by
"The Beatles"......

In 2003, America is invaded by "The Beetles"...
orange, bad, and in-your-face! :lol:

StormCrazyIowan · #18 Postby **StormCrazyIowan** » Tue Oct 07, 2003 9:16 pm

LMAO, and in your hair! lol, well at least in mine, I had 3 of them land in my hair during my lunch break today! :lol:

ColdFront77 · #19 Postby **ColdFront77** » Tue Oct 07, 2003 10:35 pm

These beetles were all the place in Massachusetts back in the mid to late 1990's during the fall.

#20 Postby **wx247** » Wed Oct 08, 2003 8:29 am

We have some here this fall but not very many. They must like Iowa better.

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