For the last few years the back of my house is literally invaded by harlequin ladybirds. At first I couldn't believe my eyes, in huge clusters and all up the walls of the bathroom, kitchen and bedroom and conservatory. I thought this isn't normal and had a look on line and found out the invasive ladybird from Asia who are eating our native ladybirds.
How cute you might think but it has become freaky and my next door neighbour came to look and said wouldn't have believed it unless he had seen with his own eyes.
The advice is to kill them which sounds awful as I love wildlife but when you pick them up the smell is dreadful. The internet said they carry a STD but not able to pass onto humans.
I bought a fly spray and literally blasted all the rooms but hate sprays like that as they make me cough and start me off with a tight chest. Stayed outside for an hour and literally had to get a dust pan and brush to swept them up. Why are they coming to my house I ask? My neighbours don't have this problem. Found a cluster the other day in the curtains and been away for a week and every door and window closed obviously and they were all over the carpets and floors.
When I had replacement glass in some of the windows to my horror the inside of the beading of the glass when out was literally filled with dead ladybirds. How on earth they have got in their I don't know. The window man made a comment about it and told me to come and look.
This only starts when we get a warm spell, never troubled with them in the winter but once the sun is out - help!
Anybody else had this problem? Anybody any ideas please?
Any help much appreciated. It is so weird and freaky.
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