asian lady beetles

Multi-colored Asian Lady Beetle (Ladybug) The "multicolored Asian lady beetle" or Asian Ladybug (Harmonia axyridis), has become common in many areas of the eastern United States. This beetle is a beneficial inhabitant of the landscape but can also be a serious household pest in those areas where it has become well established and abundant. The Asian ladybug is approximately asian 1/3 inch in length and semi-spherical or dome-shaped. lady and beetles Their colorations asian can vary from yellowish-orange to red; deep orange is the most common color. There are 19 lady black spots on the back that vary in darkness among individual beetles and the spots may be faint or missing on some beetles. beetles There is a black "W" shaped mark on the thorax of this ladybug. Asian ladybugs, like boxelder bugs, pine seed bugs and elm leaf beetles, are accidental invaders; that asian and lady is, "outdoor" insects that create a nuisance by wandering indoors during a limited beetles portion of their life cycle. Accidental asian invaders lady do not feed or reproduce indoors. They cannot attack the house structure, furniture, or fabric. beetles They cannot sting or carry diseases. Ladybugs do not feed on people, although they will occasionally pinch exposed skin. Ladybug may leave a slimy smear and they have a distinct odor when crushed. Bird GuardTM provides a quick, easy, cost asian effective lady and humane solution to nuisance bird control problems.

bees get their name from their ability to drill through wood and nest in the hole. Their drilling creates a near-perfect hole, approximately 1/2 inch in diameter. The hole is usually located on the underside of the wood surface; including siding, soffits, decks, overhangs, fence posts and window frames. Although the hole appears to beetles be only an inch or two deep, it rarely ends there. The female carpenter will turn 90 degrees and bore asian a channel from 6 inches to as long as 4 feet. This channel serves as a main corridor from which she will drill small chambers a few inches deep. These chambers become lady egg holders. She will deposit an egg, bring in a mass of pollen for the newly hatched larvae to feed on, and then seal it all off to ensure it''s development before she repeats the process for the next egg. The male spends most of his time flying around the nest playing guard. This is ironic as nature has left him ill prepared: he has no stinger! Only the female beetles can sting. Simply killing the male will not solve your problem. You must treat the nest.

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