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Ladybirds

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AskAlice Sun 03-Mar-24 18:21:59

They are just coming out of hibernation, but it is too cold outside for them still. As Septimia said, they will find any little nook or cranny to sleep in in the winter!

I once took the large umbrella out of our garage in late March/early April ready for the warmer weather (remember warm weather?) and when I opened it up hundreds of ladybirds fell on my head!

I was very pleased that most of them began crawling away into the garden as they are such good aphid-hunters!

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Germanshepherdsmum Sun 03-Mar-24 18:15:07

If you put them out now they will probably die.

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Septimia Sun 03-Mar-24 18:07:42

I think you might find that they've been overwintering in any cracks they could find (no criticism of your home!) and are now waking up.

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Sparklefizz Sun 03-Mar-24 17:57:56

For the past few months I've had a few ladybirds coming into the house, mainly in one of my bedrooms. The number has increased and today I've found about a dozen which I managed to encourage out of the window on a piece of paper, only to find several more about an hour later.

I remember seeing an article online of a woman's wall which was crawling with them last year. I really do hope I don't end up with that!

I don't know how they're getting in and I've sprinkled drops of peppermint oil now in all the corners and around the window as I use this fairly successfully every autumn to repel spiders. I'm hoping it will work.

Is anyone having a lot of ladybirds coming into the house?

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