benjii Posted 14 October, 2009 Posted 14 October, 2009 I have 20-30 of these critters in my bedroom! There's something of a swarm of them outside and they have flown in through the window. Does anyone know of any good ways of coaxing them back out?
RonManager Posted 14 October, 2009 Posted 14 October, 2009 I have 20-30 of these critters in my bedroom! There's something of a swarm of them outside and they have flown in through the window. Does anyone know of any good ways of coaxing them back out? They are docile wee beasties and will not try to fly away if you slide a piece of paper under them or gently pick them up.
norwaysaint Posted 14 October, 2009 Posted 14 October, 2009 Fire, fire will kill them all. Pour petrol on them, throw on a match and watch them burn.
Son of Bob Posted 14 October, 2009 Posted 14 October, 2009 We had the same problem. It was bizarre. Must have had at least a hundred of the little buggers all round the bedroom window. I Dyson'd 'em all up and emptied them outside!
thesaint sfc Posted 14 October, 2009 Posted 14 October, 2009 Dress up as a ladybird and jump out the window?
benjii Posted 14 October, 2009 Author Posted 14 October, 2009 They are docile wee beasties and will not try to fly away if you slide a piece of paper under them or gently pick them up. You're quite right - they are charming. Unfortunately there's loads(!) and they're all at the top of the room. I have high ceilings. They're all congregating at the top of the window but above the open part so I need to get them to move away. I can't open the window and hope they find their way out eventually as loads more will come in. Also, my blind will obstruct efforts to move them on. I fear they will expire fairly rapidly as it's a sunny day and is quite hot up against the window.
benjii Posted 14 October, 2009 Author Posted 14 October, 2009 We had the same problem. It was bizarre. Must have had at least a hundred of the little buggers all round the bedroom window. I Dyson'd 'em all up and emptied them outside! I've never seen swarms of these before! Bees, yes. Ants, yes. Not these!
thesaint sfc Posted 14 October, 2009 Posted 14 October, 2009 They certainly look slightly less docile and charming when you look at one from an ants perspective.
benjii Posted 14 October, 2009 Author Posted 14 October, 2009 The ones in my room are smaller than that.
Deano6 Posted 14 October, 2009 Posted 14 October, 2009 Ladybirds are the easiest pest in the world to remove - just use a vacuum cleaner. You get to feel like the terminator as you pick them off too!
RonManager Posted 14 October, 2009 Posted 14 October, 2009 I've never seen swarms of these before! Bees, yes. Ants, yes. Not these! Me and some mates were once attacked by thousands of them on Woolston Beach (!?!) back in the 70s. Try drawing the curtains and making the room dark for a while, they should start to disperse around the room at a lower level as there will no longer be a bright light source to attract them.
.comsaint Posted 14 October, 2009 Posted 14 October, 2009 Me and some mates were once attacked by thousands of them on Woolston Beach (!?!) back in the 70s. Indeed - I suffered the same experience back in the long hot summer of '76 at Lee-on-Solent beach! A weird year that. There were 'balls' of them eveywhere - the size of a football...literally!!! Millions of the little critters. I love them in my garden now. Infact - I don't get enough of them chewing & eating the pesky little aphids alive! Great little helpers. If the OP can manage to capture them - I'll pop round later & take them off your hands!
RonManager Posted 14 October, 2009 Posted 14 October, 2009 Indeed - I suffered the same experience back in the long hot summer of '76 at Lee-on-Solent beach! Yes, that was it, '76, the only year it was hot enough to swim in the Solent!!
benjii Posted 14 October, 2009 Author Posted 14 October, 2009 Indeed - I suffered the same experience back in the long hot summer of '76 at Lee-on-Solent beach! A weird year that. There were 'balls' of them eveywhere - the size of a football...literally!!! Millions of the little critters. I love them in my garden now. Infact - I don't get enough of them chewing & eating the pesky little aphids alive! Great little helpers. If the OP can manage to capture them - I'll pop round later & take them off your hands! Lol - you would be welcome to them. Unfortunately my location is a little misleading... actually in Bristol now, but if you want to make the journey let me know!! As an update: they are all still congregating at the top of my window, behind the blind and there are still loads outside. They're very well behaved though.
Redbul Posted 14 October, 2009 Posted 14 October, 2009 They've moved south then. Went up to Norfolk to visit the in-laws about 6 weeks ago and they were infested with them up there. Obviously following the, er, warmer weather.
thesaint sfc Posted 14 October, 2009 Posted 14 October, 2009 Yes, that was it, '76, the only year it was hot enough to swim in the Solent!! I was -13 then
benjii Posted 14 October, 2009 Author Posted 14 October, 2009 It has been very sunny here for the last few days.
Saint in Paradise Posted 14 October, 2009 Posted 14 October, 2009 I was -13 then Just goes to prove the years have got worse since 1976 then
benjii Posted 14 October, 2009 Author Posted 14 October, 2009 Ladybird update please They've all gone but I'm not sure where... Either: a) they've gone into cracks in the window frame and escaped to freedom; b) they're hidden in the blind somewhere (don't think so); or c) they've gone into cracks in the window frame but these don't lead anywhere and they'll be back tomorrow. If b) or c) then I will need to do something about them tomorrow.
Guest Dark Sotonic Mills Posted 15 October, 2009 Posted 15 October, 2009 Shame they've gone. They make excellent guardsmen for tiny palaces.
RonManager Posted 15 October, 2009 Posted 15 October, 2009 Shame they've gone. They make excellent guardsmen for tiny palaces. Aah but have they gone? - or are they the advanced guard for the main invasion, now laying low and sabotaging comms etc etc, perhaps disguised as small spiders and such like? Keep watching the skies
Doctoroncall Posted 15 October, 2009 Posted 15 October, 2009 Aah but have they gone? - or are they the advanced guard for the main invasion, now laying low and sabotaging comms etc etc, perhaps disguised as small spiders and such like? Keep watching the skies Well, if they can fly through windows I wouldn't be surprised if they were up to something!
the stain Posted 15 October, 2009 Posted 15 October, 2009 I always found if you feed them some line about their house being on fire, they get in a panic about their children and fly away home pretty sharpish.
RonManager Posted 27 October, 2009 Posted 27 October, 2009 I have just done my good deed for the day by rescuing a ladybird from a spider's web. The spider was not in at the time so it was a leisurely affair. The ladybird tipped it's top hat and gave me a firm handshake before continuing on it's way.
Smirking_Saint Posted 27 October, 2009 Posted 27 October, 2009 I get loadsa them in my house every year. I don't get where they all come from ??? Them must lay eggs the little gits. Not really worried about them, i am a bit of a nature freak so don't like killing anything, just there are at times 100's of them !!
miserableoldgit Posted 27 October, 2009 Posted 27 October, 2009 Be afraid! Be Very Afraid!! http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/136443/Beware-the-plague-of-smelly-ladybirds
Smirking_Saint Posted 27 October, 2009 Posted 27 October, 2009 http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/nature/ladybirds-are-invading-our-houses-this-autumn-often-in-their-thousands-whats-going-on-397186.html Apparently they are eating british ladybirds, in that respect i am now part of the BNP (buggish national party) All of these are fair game,
team-saint Posted 27 October, 2009 Posted 27 October, 2009 They certainly look slightly less docile and charming when you look at one from an ants perspective. Ladybirds do not eat ants. HTH
RonManager Posted 27 October, 2009 Posted 27 October, 2009 http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/nature/ladybirds-are-invading-our-houses-this-autumn-often-in-their-thousands-whats-going-on-397186.html Apparently they are eating british ladybirds, in that respect i am now part of the BNP (buggish national party) All of these are fair game, It wasn't one of these so I was doing my patriotic duty.
Ponty Posted 27 October, 2009 Posted 27 October, 2009 Why does a spotty coat get you such good PR? If Ladybirds were black-shelled like many other beetles in the UK they'd get squished with great regularity.
Minsk Posted 27 October, 2009 Posted 27 October, 2009 Indeed - I suffered the same experience back in the long hot summer of '76 at Lee-on-Solent beach! A weird year that. There were 'balls' of them eveywhere - the size of a football...literally!!! Millions of the little critters. I experienced the same thing in the Crimea last year. They were all over the beach and even going into the (Azov) sea you had to wade through thousands of dead ladybirds. Two weeks later there was a swarm of locusts. I much preferred the ladybirds to those big buggers!
Draino76 Posted 27 October, 2009 Posted 27 October, 2009 I have 20-30 of these critters in my bedroom! There's something of a swarm of them outside and they have flown in through the window. Does anyone know of any good ways of coaxing them back out? If I were you I would be very, very concerned indeed.
scott_saints Posted 27 October, 2009 Posted 27 October, 2009 Those pesky foreign ladybirds, coming over here and stealing all the Britsh ladybird's jobs!
hamster Posted 27 October, 2009 Posted 27 October, 2009 This is my favourite Ladybird book: fwiw, Ladybirds are my least favourite insests.
Arizona Posted 28 October, 2009 Posted 28 October, 2009 I tend to feed unwanted insects to one of my snakes. I appreciate this may not be preactical for everyone. My advice would be to get a snake or possible gecko. Geckos have the advantage of being able to stick to windows.
Frank's cousin Posted 28 October, 2009 Posted 28 October, 2009 The 'Dyson the little feckers' seems to be the right way to go - although I only have a Meile - its going to get treated to a new bag and the power turned up to max and then its 'here's Johnny' time....
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