Warmth wakes lady beetles

The Topeka Capital-Journal;  March 15, 2008 ;     437 words ......been hearing a lot about ladies lately. Lady beetles, that is. Whitworth, an entomologist...sparked calls from homeowners regarding lady beetles becoming active inside. "This is almost...nuisance." Several different species of lady beetles make their home in Kansas. All are ...

Bunches of beetles sneak into houses: ; THE WILD SIDE

Sunday Gazette-Mail;  March 11, 2001 ;     660 words ......so I'll refer to them as ladybird or lady beetles. "Bugs" are a completely different type...that inhabit our homes and back yards, lady beetles are among the most beneficial. Both...importing and releasing exotic species of lady beetles since the early 1960s. The first releases...

Ladybug, ladybug, fly away home -- and help

Herald News, The (Joliet, IL);  August 4, 2002 ;     370 words ......but fly away, at any rate. Convergent lady beetles -- the ones usually offered for sale...effectiveness of even naturally occurring lady beetles is limited. This is because the beetles...effectiveness of naturally occurring lady beetles by making your yard more attractive...

Ladybugs deserve to receive special treatment in the garden; Bust those...

Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque);  August 11, 2002 ;     383 words ......but fly away, at any rate. Convergent lady beetles - the ones usually offered for sale...effectiveness of even naturally occurring lady beetles is limited. This is because the beetles...effectiveness of naturally occurring lady beetles by making your yard more attractive...

ASIAN LADY BEETLES START AUTUMN INVASION.(KENTUCKY LIFE)(Gardening)

The Kentucky Post (Covington, KY);  October 11, 2003 ;     583 words ......Unfortunately, it also brings on the invasion of lady beetles in their flight to find sites to spend...the United States. Multicolored Asian lady beetles, or ladybugs as they are commonly called...stain walls and other surfaces.) Before lady beetles seek out sites in the fall, ...

Asian lady beetles may soon be a problem for some Virginia homeowners.

M2 Presswire;  September 20, 2002 ;     658 words ......PRESSWIRE-20 September 2002-VDACS: Asian lady beetles may soon be a problem for some Virginia...Virginia. These insects, known as Asian lady beetles, Harmonia axyridis, often called ladybugs...these masses of multicolored Asian lady beetles leave the forests and fields in search...

Hibernating Asian beetles bug U. Maryland students

University Wire;  November 22, 2006 ;     614 words ......recent weeks, as multicolored Asian lady beetles make their way into homes and buildings...The beetles are often called Halloween lady beetles because they enter homes in droves beginning...began intentionally releasing Asian lady beetles from the 1960s to the 1990s in states...

FIXIT; Why so many Asian lady beetles?(VARIETY)

Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);  November 2, 2003 ;     498 words ......Karen Youso; Staff Writer Q. Why are lady beetles so numerous this year? I heard they...native population? And what eats Asian lady beetles? One flew into my mouth. It was bitter...dine on them. A. The multicolored Asian lady beetles seemed numerous this year for a couple...

Agweek Magazine Ann Bailey Column.

Agweek (Grand Forks, North Dakota) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News);  October 28, 2003 ;     572 words ......get-rich-quick scheme: marketing the lady beetles that have taken up residence in our...Within our four walls, there are enough lady beetles to provide biological aphid control...fields surround us on three sides, so the lady beetles barely had to ruffle their pretty little...

Beetlemania: 'Ladybug' invasion can be disturbing, but be patient

Charleston Gazette;  November 6, 1998 ;     663 words ......normally might host dozens or scores of lady beetles, this year the number soared into the...little comfort. Fall aggregations of lady beetles are normal and predictable. They crawl...porch, and for 30 minutes I sucked up lady beetles. When I was done, I'd lost ground...

Exterminators combat Northwestern U. ladybug invasion

University Wire;  October 28, 1998 ;     491 words ......has recently been infested with Asian lady beetles -- or as most people refer to them...spraying residences to kill the Asian lady beetles and will continue to do so regularly...are several ways to get rid of indoor lady beetles. Asian lady beetles don't breed inside...

GET USED TO LADYBUGS

Sun Publications (IL);  October 26, 2000 ;     351 words ......their cousins, the multicolored Asian lady beetles, swarmed into the area and made pests...For the third straight fall, the Asian lady beetles are wiggling their way into Illinois...in big numbers this year." The Asian lady beetles were imported from China several years...

Treat for lady beetles next fall.(Ask the Expert: DR. DOUG MAMPE ANSWERS...

Pest Control;  April 1, 2005 ;     189 words ......ve had several customers call about lady beetles. We had temperatures around 70 degrees...freezing afterward. Ever since, the lady beetles have been a problem. Vacuuming is frustrating...use? R.M., New Orleans A: Typically, lady beetles fly to buildings in early fall and enter...

IN YOUR BACK YARD; ASIAN LADY BEETLES LOOKING FOR WINTER COVER

Dayton Daily News;  October 9, 2003 ;     476 words ......kind of surface that attracts Asian lady beetles. Our concrete seawall at Indian Lake...posts, and each post held scores of lady beetles late on a Saturday afternoon. The wall...sunshine had it warmed up. In the Asian lady beetles' homeland, they look for crevices or...

IN YOUR BACK YARD; ASIAN LADY BEETLES LOOK FOR WINTER COVER

Dayton Daily News;  October 9, 2003 ;     476 words ......kind of surface that attracts Asian lady beetles. Our concrete seawall at Indian Lake...posts, and each post held scores of lady beetles late on a Saturday afternoon. The wall...sunshine had it warmed up. In the Asian lady beetles' homeland, they look for crevices or...