Ugh! Lady Bugs are everywhere!

Lady bugs thrive on aphids. I know very little insect science (I'm a window washer), but the normal line-of-thought for eliminating pests is to get rid of the food source!
Good luck!

PS, post some pics!

 

Awww, c'mon, now!!! Leave the little creature alone, besides, they are nature's pest control, even though they are the pest right now.

As a Bio major, I believe a food source is not necessary for an explosion of this sort......could be a swarm attracted for some unrelated phenomenon, like bright lights, temperature, aromas......did you use Ben-Gay on your tennis elbow this morning??

We need an entomologist here.....anybody??

 

While I am no entomologist, I have widely read that, where you have Lady Bugs, you do not have fleas or aphids. Lady bug eggs are sold for this purpose. Spiders also feed upon roaches. I would suppose, in the final anaysis, with which can you coexist?

 

I think he's speaking of the ones that were introduced to control a pest in pecan farms. They are lighter in color than the native ones. They are not as bad here as some years. I'm talking about walls covered. Filling up a vacuum cleaner with them. Finding gobs of the in a wall as big as a basketball. These are different. Got to run or I would google it.