[Shop-talk] Ladybugs (shop related)

[eric at megageek.com]

Thanks for the follow up.

I did deal with it a little bit.  I put an add on "freecycle" and I have 
about 3 people come and suck them up, with a bunch more wanting to come 
back in the spring when it warms up (I have no idea where they go when it 
gets cold.)

I will hold on to this email, and I will look for more "permeant" ways to 
deal with these invaders!

Moose
"Be as beneficent as the sun or the sea, but if your rights as a rational 
being are trenched on, die on the first inch of your territory." Ralph 
Waldo Emerson



Steven Trovato <strovato at optonline.net> 
11/13/2009 20:04

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Eric,

I imagine you've probably dealt with this by now.  When you posted 
this, I fired off this email to the NJ DEP:

A property in New Jersey has been inundated with ladybugs.  I have 
read about ways to address this.  I am frequently told that you can't 
kill them because they are protected by law.  While I have no 
intention of initiating a major ladybug genocide, I would  like to 
know if this is actually true and what law or regulation it is that 
states this.  Thank you.

As the wheels of government agencies turn rather slowly, today I 
finally received this reply:

Steve, the ladybugs you refer to are asian ladybugs. There is no law 
preventing you from destroying them.  I use regular household bug 
spray.  Check the web for further information.

This came from from Larry Herrighty <Larry.Herrighty at dep.state.nj.us>

So, if another plague of ladybugs should occur, you have official 
permission to dispatch them as you see fit.  Of course, in your shop, 
I would expect maybe inchworms.  Wouldn't that be more appropriate?

-Steve Trovato
strovato at optonline.net



At 04:30 PM 10/22/2009, eric at megageek.com wrote:
>OK, so I just got back from New Orleans and I found that ladybugs moved
>into my brand new building.  Thousands of them.
>
>It's also "illegal" to kill them.  (but I don't mind if I have to)  But
>this means that I can't find poisons or such for them.
>
>So, what's the best way to get rid of these pests?