When I was looking where to post this, the wildlife forum said for wild things, including insects, good or bad....
not sure how these qualify....
They are the Asian beetle thingies, I think. Not ladybugs....which are friendly....since these things showed up around here a few years ago, I haven't seen any ladybugs....What did you Asian beetles do to my ladybugs!!!!
So...the question....are these good or bad to have around?
These were in our shop outside...DH picked up a piece of plastic that was laying on the floor and over the door jam.
hmmmm....good? or bad?
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I would say good AND bad. They are a pain when the population gets this high. We used to have them this bad where you couldn't go outside without being bitten by a ton of them, and they would be in the house and all over the siding. Yuck!
The good news is that they do eat a lot of other bugs. The main reason their populations swell is when the aphid population is also high, mainly because people don't use insecticides that much any longer and the pesticides we do use don't last as long. We had several years of really bad ladybug populations but last year we hardly noticed them. Hopefully they won't "bug" you too much this summer.
The good news is that they do eat a lot of other bugs. The main reason their populations swell is when the aphid population is also high, mainly because people don't use insecticides that much any longer and the pesticides we do use don't last as long. We had several years of really bad ladybug populations but last year we hardly noticed them. Hopefully they won't "bug" you too much this summer.
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I see them as BAD if they start invading the garage and house. If I see swarms of them outside, I let them be. I use that Spectracide Bug Stop to keep them out of the garage. I made the mistake of leaving my sunroof open last fall when I parked in the garage. Cool day...warm garage...even warmer car. They were everywhere in my car. And they STINK.