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10-22-2009, 10:03 PM

They are everywhere! They want in the house for the winter!

Lady Bugs everywhere!

So I got a milk jug and went outside and collected a couple hundred in about 15 minutes.

I guess their defense against predators is to fall, so I poked them and held the milk jug underneath. They fell right inside.

Then I squirted them with a little honey, sloshed a little water in there on em, and released them into the grow.

The honey water stuck most of their wings together so they can't fly. They are busy eating up some spider mites I hope.

Wonder where they all come from? When I was a kid, no such phenomena, but now they are here each fall. I think they are some Asian Lady Bug, must be an import.

hippie_lettuce · 10-22-2009, 10:07 PM

AHH! We got those, too. Went in the forest preserve last weekend and they were everywhere. They usually don't do much in the grow room..They just fly into the light and sizzle up and die. It's more of a PITA to clean the dead ones up.

NOKUY · 10-22-2009, 10:10 PM

lola u seem to have some "critter issues".

have u ever tried to co-exist w/ the critters.

i'm not saying that to get on your case, and i have had spells where i can get along w/ pretty much all critters, but i've got a fly in my room right now that is driving me nuts.

ive lived where i slept outside/tent and dealt w/ swarm of skeetrs, and somehow was less bothered by them than this damn fly.

i can ask my mom about the ladybugs....she has to eradicate a bunch of them every year, off top of my head i dont remember what she does, but it's effective.

desant · 10-22-2009, 10:11 PM

Hahaha

Put a smile on my face

Lady bugs, there are around these parts too.. must be the global warming

10-22-2009, 10:22 PM

I ain't trying to kill em, I want to catch them and make them work for a livin.

Yep a bunch have kilt themselves on the lights already, but almost kilt them spider mites, so why not hit em with another weapon!?!

odin_ · 10-22-2009, 10:23 PM

i always catch and release them into my grows

some partners complain about pieces of them in bud etc lol

i dont care, they are the only bug i like

i never thought about the honey so they couldnt fly though gonna have to try that

desant · 10-22-2009, 10:27 PM

Lol

3dDream · 10-22-2009, 10:30 PM

Looks like a mini stampede!

10-22-2009, 10:34 PM

that pic was seconds after I dumped em.

Most are still in a honey water wad... They are everywhere now... didn't take long.

Eat my children, eat those spider mites.... that is all the food there is, unless you turn on each other... mwahahahaha

10-22-2009, 10:34 PM

My house was literally covered with about 5,000 lady bugs yesterday, they even made their way into the garage.

10-22-2009, 10:03 PM	#1
LolaGal Guest Posts: n/a	ATTACK of the LADY BUGS!!!! They are everywhere! They want in the house for the winter! Lady Bugs everywhere! So I got a milk jug and went outside and collected a couple hundred in about 15 minutes. I guess their defense against predators is to fall, so I poked them and held the milk jug underneath. They fell right inside. Then I squirted them with a little honey, sloshed a little water in there on em, and released them into the grow. The honey water stuck most of their wings together so they can't fly. They are busy eating up some spider mites I hope. Wonder where they all come from? When I was a kid, no such phenomena, but now they are here each fall. I think they are some Asian Lady Bug, must be an import.
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10-22-2009, 10:07 PM	#2
hippie_lettuce Garden Nymph Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 2,746	AHH! We got those, too. Went in the forest preserve last weekend and they were everywhere. They usually don't do much in the grow room..They just fly into the light and sizzle up and die. It's more of a PITA to clean the dead ones up. __________________ Categorizing Cannabis Smoke/Effects Peat's Sour Rhino
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10-22-2009, 10:10 PM	#3
NOKUY Banned Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: THE DEEP DARK WOODS Posts: 7,413	lola u seem to have some "critter issues". have u ever tried to co-exist w/ the critters. i'm not saying that to get on your case, and i have had spells where i can get along w/ pretty much all critters, but i've got a fly in my room right now that is driving me nuts. ive lived where i slept outside/tent and dealt w/ swarm of skeetrs, and somehow was less bothered by them than this damn fly. i can ask my mom about the ladybugs....she has to eradicate a bunch of them every year, off top of my head i dont remember what she does, but it's effective.
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10-22-2009, 10:11 PM	#4
desant Banned Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 1,034	Hahaha Put a smile on my face Lady bugs, there are around these parts too.. must be the global warming
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10-22-2009, 10:22 PM	#5
LolaGal Guest Posts: n/a	released I ain't trying to kill em, I want to catch them and make them work for a livin. Yep a bunch have kilt themselves on the lights already, but almost kilt them spider mites, so why not hit em with another weapon!?!
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10-22-2009, 10:23 PM	#6
odin_ 卍 Óðal 卐 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: north Posts: 230	i always catch and release them into my grows some partners complain about pieces of them in bud etc lol i dont care, they are the only bug i like i never thought about the honey so they couldnt fly though gonna have to try that __________________ “Hail to the speaker & he who listens! May whoever learns these words prosper because of them! Hail to those who listen !” - Havamal
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10-22-2009, 10:27 PM	#7
desant Banned Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 1,034	Lol
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10-22-2009, 10:30 PM	#8
3dDream Matter that Appreciates Matter Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 2,213	Looks like a mini stampede!
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10-22-2009, 10:34 PM	#9
LolaGal Guest Posts: n/a	that pic was seconds after I dumped em. Most are still in a honey water wad... They are everywhere now... didn't take long. Eat my children, eat those spider mites.... that is all the food there is, unless you turn on each other... mwahahahaha
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10-22-2009, 10:34 PM	#10
Iron_Lion Guest Posts: n/a	My house was literally covered with about 5,000 lady bugs yesterday, they even made their way into the garage.
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