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We Have Ladybugs and Wasps.

CrazyKittyLvr2 — Tue, 25 Feb 2020 00:25:55 GMT

For years in the early spring we get ladybugs and a few wasps. They are only around for a month or so and then poof, they are gone. It's only Febuary but with the warm temps they are here already. The wasps are very slow and easy to kill.

We have to watch our new kitten as she has tried to make friends if she sees a wasp on the floor. Good way to get a painful swollen nose.

Anyone else have critters already? I know they won't be here long but geez, it's early for this.

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ninjawife — Tue, 25 Feb 2020 00:30:37 GMT

We had a ton of ladybugs late fall. We are still finding their dead bodies all over the house.

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Travone — Tue, 25 Feb 2020 00:32:17 GMT

No critters, but my daffodils are coming up.

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spiderw — Tue, 25 Feb 2020 00:36:11 GMT

I guess with the somewhat milder weather things are happening earlier. I haven't seen any wasps or ladybugs yet but yes, keep the kitty away!!!

I don't know what March will bring but January and February were not real winter months in that we didn't have snow or ice and we did have many mild days.

I just hope summer isn't very hot and humid, for me that is the weather which I dislike the most.

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itsmagic — Tue, 25 Feb 2020 00:40:38 GMT

I keep finding a stink bug or two whenever the weather gets above freezing.

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blackhole99 — Tue, 25 Feb 2020 00:41:48 GMT

The stink bugs, ants, big black flies, and Japanese beetles are alive and well. We are living in the woods in a log house so we expect this when the Winter was so warm this year. Hopefully, the Carpenter bees will emerge soon and we can get on with exterminating them before they start drilling new holes in our house.

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gidgetgh — Tue, 25 Feb 2020 01:25:47 GMT

We have had a major.....major.... infestation of Box elder bugs. They're harmless, but we had a gazillion of them. And that is being conservative. Out came the exterminator who sprayed a ton outside and then a tree expert to see if he could find where they're coming from (he couldn't).

So far so good. I've only seen a couple in the house since he sprayed.

In the spring and early summer we get wasps in the house. Hate them.

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Karie2022 — Tue, 25 Feb 2020 02:14:23 GMT

Yes, I've noticed moths at the door.

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viva923 — Tue, 25 Feb 2020 02:21:18 GMT

already have had our bug men out doing their business. Every 3 months they come out and do their thing. We are going into at least a week of very cold weather (below normal temps) for several days which may kill off the pesky critters that are starting to open their sweet little eyes.

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stellabystarlight — Tue, 25 Feb 2020 02:23:16 GMT

I have had pantry moths and I ordered special strips with pheromones to attract them and then the males stick to the surface. They can come in boxes of rice, cereal, etc. Awful experience. Never had them before.

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Spurt — Tue, 25 Feb 2020 02:32:34 GMT

When we've had spurts of sunshine all the paper wasps came out....and one tried to build a nest right over my patio door.....

No other critters yet......but with our mild winter this year I'm sure we will see lots before too long.... Hopefully the little lizards will take care of them...

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ciao_bella — Tue, 25 Feb 2020 13:35:13 GMT

Every year in April, like clockwork, ants appear in my kitchen. It seems especially bad after a wet winter, though this winter we had no snow, the wet ground somehow wakes them up and floats them to the surface and into the house. I have to purchase Terro Liquid Ant Baits for in the house to get control of the situation. After that, they're gone until the following April!

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jlkz — Tue, 25 Feb 2020 13:43:04 GMT

Love the battery-operated fly swatter....get the one powered by the larger battery ( C or D ?....away from home so I can't check ). It looks like a tennis racket and costs about $5-6 @ Harbor Freight.

No chasing, smashing, blood smears, etc. Just place near or above the fly, bee, or stink bug and when it flies into the grid, it is a goner.

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LindaSal — Tue, 25 Feb 2020 14:55:37 GMT

We too in the northeast have been swamped by ladybugs. Normally get them for a time in the spring but with this mild winter we've had them all winter long! At the point where I am just vacumning them all up off my picture window once a week. It's crazy, we live in a condo and they will spray late March or early April for insects but until then it'll be a challenge.

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goldensrbest — Tue, 25 Feb 2020 20:34:36 GMT

Moles,and voils,and speaking of moths i saw one last night outdoors.

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CrazyKittyLvr2 — Tue, 25 Feb 2020 20:42:41 GMT

I am always checking the floor and curtains for wasps as that is where they are the most.

Anytime Petunia, the kitten, stares at the floor we are there. She has been lucky so far. Last night she spied a ladybug high up on the wall. We thought she was going to try and jump for it. In her mind she's part leopard.

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BeccaLou — Tue, 25 Feb 2020 20:48:03 GMT

@Travone I found 3 misquitos in the house. I putting up my pad bug catcher with the blue light.And I was afraid I bought it to earlt to know if I like it.I was able to kill 3 of them. One still at large !!

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BeccaLou — Tue, 25 Feb 2020 20:50:25 GMT

@Spurt What do paper wasps look like ?

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BeccaLou — Tue, 25 Feb 2020 20:53:15 GMT

@ They are great as long as you don't grap the tennis rachet part by mistake. It scared me half to death. It will zap you.

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Spurt — Wed, 26 Feb 2020 13:06:50 GMT

@BeccaLou wrote:
@Spurt What do paper wasps look like ?

@BeccaLou

The paper wasp arent aggressive like other bees, hornets, or other wasps....they dont have stingers and dont attack unless you bother their nest....if you leave them alone, they will leave you alone...