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Original poster

To think the ladybirds are taking the piss?

62 replies

puds11isNAUGHTYnotNAICE · 04/02/2015 21:20

I have ladybirds 'hibernating' in my house. I feel I have been very accommodating, but now they are taking the piss!

They are:

  • Trying to get into bed with me
  • Trying to get into bed with DD (cue screams as we all know how terrifying a ladybird is Hmm)
  • Dive-bombing me in the shower
  • Hiding in the loo roll almost wiped my arse on a ladybird

And generally taking the royal piss!

AIBU to threaten them with eviction?

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AlistairSim · 04/02/2015 21:23

I'm afraid they're well known for this sort of thing.

They are really quite evil, all you can really do at this stage is leave and burn the house down. Sorry.

InTheGiraffery · 04/02/2015 21:24

That would be freaking me out! I know they're supposed to be kind of cute and they're good for garden etc, but they're still bugs and I'd be reaching for the spray!

wheresthelight · 04/02/2015 21:26

I am fed up of evicting the little buggers! I can't even figure out how they are getting in!!

don't frighten them though cos the yellow stuff stains like mad!

NiceBitOfCheese · 04/02/2015 21:28

It's too late. You have to move out.

krustyem · 04/02/2015 21:28

We have them too, massive gangs of them In every nook and cranny. They've got into a habit of ending it all on the hob while I'm cooking dinner.

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puds11isNAUGHTYnotNAICE · 04/02/2015 21:29

One just flew into my face Angry

I do not feel the same love for them as I did in the summer when they were outside

How long until I can evict them without them dying?

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msrisotto · 04/02/2015 21:29

We have them too - wtf dudes?

WeirdCatLady · 04/02/2015 21:30

I dug a sheet out of the laundry cupboard last week, obviously hadn't used it since air drying it in the garden in the summer (we have lots of sheets - before anyone thinks I haven't changed my sheets since last summer).

I found a perfectly preserved ladybug inside. Dead, obviously.

I bawled my eyes out was very calm then gently took him outside and popped him on a leaf

GoooRooo · 04/02/2015 21:31

Collect a load of aphids and leave a trail of them to the back door to coax them outside?

2minsofyourtime · 04/02/2015 21:33

You need to find where they are coming from! We kept finding a few in the corner of the room and an up lighter lampshade ( middle of winter) and I opened the window one day and the window frames were crawling with 1000's of ladybirds ranging in size. ( brings me out I'm a sweat thinking about it) then bleach the place

2minsofyourtime · 04/02/2015 21:34

Apparently once you get them once you get then every year! So far I can confirm this to be true.

slalomsuki · 04/02/2015 21:35

We have them too for the last 5 years. Hundreds of them in one room with a south facing wall/window. The sun on it today seemed to have woken them up.

Ours are harlequin ladybirds which are not native to this country and are destroying the natural ones. Think grey squirrel and red squirrel. When they first came I had to report them as the scientists were plotting their spread north but now they are too far north from us. They are black and red mixed colours and spot numbers vary.

Anyhow I am a dab hand with the vacuum and empty it outside often.

magoria · 04/02/2015 21:36

Which ones do you have?

I thought they were cute until I realised I had a mixture of harlequin and native ones.

As the harlequin eat our native ones I had no problem turfing the sods out into the frost.

Shesaysso · 04/02/2015 21:37

They are driving me mad. Seriously does anyone know how to get rid of them? They seem to be living in the joins of my wooden sash windows and sneaking in somehow through them. I really want to get rid of them as Im paranoid if they're still here by Spring they'll start to multiply! I keep brushing them away but they keep coming back. Ladybird expert anyone?

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puds11isNAUGHTYnotNAICE · 04/02/2015 21:38

They are harlequin. I know I should kill the buggers but….im pathetic.

I might let DD trap them in her 'ladybird house'

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2minsofyourtime · 04/02/2015 21:40

Vacuum cleaner was the only way to get rid of ours, sounds like we had harlequin ones as well reading others description. Then bleach to try to get rid of the pheromones they leave behind.

redrubyindigo · 04/02/2015 21:41

My friends had ladybirds hibernating in their bathroom for years. I bought them a ladybird hibernating box with some with pheromones to attract them to put outside the window.

They now have a huge thousand plus colony. In the bathroom.

Sorry guys.

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puds11isNAUGHTYnotNAICE · 04/02/2015 21:47

red that is hilarious Grin scratches hibernating box off of list of things to try

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magoria · 04/02/2015 21:48
Aked · 04/02/2015 21:49

We too have ladybird tenants. A mix of the harlequins and natives. They are cute outside in the summer. Bastards once they come indoors. Ours live in our ancient bathroom windows, if you dare to open one they all fall cracky cracky onto the windowsill. Disgusting. I actually saw the day they arrived. Hundreds of them all trudging towards our bathroom like some ladybird pilgrimage.

They gather in corners too. Laughing and whispering amongst themselves. I let them stay a while then hoover them up once I feel they have outstayed their welcome.

NotInGuatemalaNowDrRopata · 04/02/2015 21:52

You can't evict them! They could be Gaston's brothers and sisters!

mycatlikestwiglets · 04/02/2015 21:58

I bought a highly toxic bug spray and doused the edges of my French doors where ladybirds used to congregate. Now we only get a few coming in per year, although loads of them sunbathe on the decking outside. I think there ought to be a compulsory question in the house buying process about whether you've ever been infested by ladybirds. I hate that whirry noise they make when they're flitting around the light fixtures at night.

CrazyBaubles · 04/02/2015 22:04

Can I ask where you all live? Ladybirds are my worst nightmare - I'm terrified of them!

Staywithme · 04/02/2015 22:10

Magoria!

Why the hell did I watch that? I just know I'm going to wake up convinced I can feel something crawling over me. Sad

QueenOfThorns · 04/02/2015 22:10

They get in through non-existent holes then live all winter around the top edges of our sash windows. Then, when the weather gets warm enough, they all wake up, trudge towards the middle of the room and die in droves on the carpet about 2 feet from the window. I have no idea what this is supposed to achieve.

I need to vacuum them up more often - I fished one out of baby DD's mouth the other day Blush

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