[Shop-talk] Ladybugs (shop related)

[George Zhookoff]

Fox on Sirrius radio just did a spot on the lady bug infestation.  Might
be on cable tonight also.
George

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[mailto:shop-talk-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of eric at megageek.com
Sent: Friday, October 23, 2009 1:10 PM
To: shop-talk at Autox.Team.Net
Subject: Re: [Shop-talk] Ladybugs (shop related)

Yes, I have the orange, nuisance ones.  The local exterminator stated
that
they are still "protected" and they can't expressly kill them.  But they
can treat for "winged insects,"  but their guarantees don't cover them
(as
they are protected.)


Moose
bBe 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.b Ralph
Waldo Emerson



-----"Karl Vacek" <kvacek at ameritech.net> wrote: -----


To: <shop-talk at Autox.Team.Net>, <eric at megageek.com>
From: "Karl Vacek" <kvacek at ameritech.net>
Date: 10/22/2009 22:23
Subject: Re: [Shop-talk] Ladybugs (shop related)


Are they real red ladybugs, or the damn orange Chinese ones ?  I'd be
amazed
(and dismayed) if the orange ones are protected, since they multiply
prolifically and kill the beneficial red ones.

We've been inundated with the orange ones for 6-7 years now in the
Midwest.
They bite sometimes and they stink when you smash them.  Some genius
thought
it was a great idea to introduce them, and now they're taken over.

In the winter, the inside of the roof sheathing (spaced boards, allowing
some openings to the outside) near the eaves in our garage attic are
coated
with tens of thousands of them - a few thick.



> 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?
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