Japanese Beetles

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These things are a nuisance, and I've sprayed and swatted without eradicating them. My pest control office says not to bother as they can't even get them out of their own office.

They look like orange lady bugs. My problem is the high ceiling where I can't reach them. Even the long-range wasp spray doesn't kill all of them. Anyone?

[fchafey]

What you descried isn't a Japanese Beetle but rather the Asian Lady Beetle. The best way to get rid of them on your ceiling is to vacuum them up. In your closets put some moth balls or camphor. Those things don't like string odors.

[CenTexDave]

So you vacuum the ceiling????:)
Whether Japanese Beetles or Asian Lady Beetles, somehow they got into your house. These beetles are, I think, what we used to call Lady Bugs.
Where I grew up in Ohio they would be real pests in the summer. I remember my father purchased a few Japanese Beetle traps and put them
outside around the yard. I don't know if these traps are even made anymore. They would hang from a slender iron pole that was pushed into
the ground. The beetles could get in but couldn't get out, and after a day or so just died.
The attached article might help: http://www.orkin.com/other/beetles/ladybugs-asian-lady-beetles/

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Dave, thanks! I'll call Orkin and don't care what it costs. I used Bell County Pest Control previously to get rid of mice, and it was their secretary who said they couldn't help.

My ceiling is vaulted, and vacuuming it is not an option without scaffolding.

[sojourner truth]

The use of a nice shotgun gets to those hard to reach places....

[CenTexDave]

Dave, thanks! I'll call Orkin and don't care what it costs. I used Bell County Pest Control previously to get rid of mice, and it was their secretary who said they couldn't help.

My ceiling is vaulted, and vacuuming it is not an option without scaffolding.

These beetles get in my house once in a while, but few and far between to it's easy to just pick it up and throw it outside.
Note that they do not respond to aerosol spraying much - in other words you are wasting $ and stinking up your house, although a bug spray/bomb once or
twice a year definitely would take care of any fleas or roaches that might get inside your house. Those kind you set off and walk away work good, just put newspaper
or an old rag under it wherever you set it down. I usually do the entire house at once - start in the back bedrooms and work into the den, dining room, living room then
kitchen, and abandon ship for a couple of hours. A couple years ago I set about 7 of these off in all the rooms and started hearing scuffling footsteps in the attic area.
Looked out the back porch and a raccoon with its baby clinging to it emerged from a small piece of aluminum siding and climbed all the way down the chimney and went
into the woods behind the house and down the hill. Never came back and I sealed the hole where it got in. :)

[Night Owl]

These things are a nuisance, and I've sprayed and swatted without eradicating them. My pest control office says not to bother as they can't even get them out of their own office.

They look like orange lady bugs. My problem is the high ceiling where I can't reach them. Even the long-range wasp spray doesn't kill all of them. Anyone?
I hear they taste like chicken.:))

[Ricky]

These bad boys are almost impossible to get rid of

[CenTexDave]

Those grubs that grow into beetles, especially the June bugs, are a pain. Used to be diazinon worked real good - spread it and water into the lawn.
But thanks to our friendly EPA, the potency had to be seriously curtailed. I don't know what to use on them now. I'm just thankful I haven't had
a problem with those things in a long time.

[Ricky]

I'm pretty much a lawn and garden geek, if a you get the grubs this year go to your local feed store they have 50 and 80 pound bags of cornmeal yes cornmeal the type you use in the kitchen, just throw the cornmeal the same way you would fertilizer the grub worms will eat it and in about 3 to 4 days you will see them popping up out of the grass they cannot digest the cornmeal they pretty much just blow up.

[Night Owl]

Those grubs that grow into beetles, especially the June bugs, are a pain. Used to be diazinon worked real good - spread it and water into the lawn.
But thanks to our friendly EPA, the potency had to be seriously curtailed. I don't know what to use on them now. I'm just thankful I haven't had
a problem with those things in a long time.
Frying pan, a little salt and pepper.:)

[Ludwig]

There is a world of difference between a Japanese Beetle and an Asian Lady Bug. The Asian Lady Bug looks like: 6631 while the Japanese Beetle looks like: 6632. The Asian Lady Bug was imported to help keep down the aphids while the Japanese Beetle hitch-hiked in and is a serious pest of about 200 species of plants, including rose bushes, grapes, hops, canna, crape myrtles, and others.

[mac]

I'm pretty much a lawn and garden geek, if a you get the grubs this year go to your local feed store they have 50 and 80 pound bags of cornmeal yes cornmeal the type you use in the kitchen, just throw the cornmeal the same way you would fertilizer the grub worms will eat it and in about 3 to 4 days you will see them popping up out of the grass they cannot digest the cornmeal they pretty much just blow up.

i don't know if omas is till open or not but if she is, just go on over to her place, get a couple of bags of nematodes and you're set for a long time. i put some out over 10 years ago and it's still workin'......mac

[kantwin]

There is a world of difference between a Japanese Beetle and an Asian Lady Bug. The Asian Lady Bug looks like: http://www.centextalk.com/vb/attachment.php?attachmentid=6631&stc=1 while the Japanese Beetle looks like: http://www.centextalk.com/vb/attachment.php?attachmentid=6632&stc=1. The Asian Lady Bug was imported to help keep down the aphids while the Japanese Beetle hitch-hiked in and is a serious pest of about 200 species of plants, including rose bushes, grapes, hops, canna, crape myrtles, and others.
Also a difference between the Asian Ladybeetle (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harmonia_axyridis) and a Lady Bug (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coccinellidae).
We've had the Asian Ladybeetle here in SE Alabama for several weeks. They will bite.

[Ludwig]

...We've had the Asian Ladybeetle here in SE Alabama for several weeks. They will bite.As will the Lady Bug.

[Ricky]

i don't know if omas is till open or not but if she is, just go on over to her place, get a couple of bags of nematodes and you're set for a long time. i put some out over 10 years ago and it's still workin'......mac

Nematodes rule!!!!!

[Ricky]

There is a world of difference between a Japanese Beetle and an Asian Lady Bug. The Asian Lady Bug looks like: 6631 while the Japanese Beetle looks like: 6632. The Asian Lady Bug was imported to help keep down the aphids while the Japanese Beetle hitch-hiked in and is a serious pest of about 200 species of plants, including rose bushes, grapes, hops, canna, crape myrtles, and others.

You sir are correct, you get a golden ticket, you get a golden ticket!!!

[xzochye]

i don't know if omas is till open or not but if she is, just go on over to her place, get a couple of bags of nematodes and you're set for a long time. i put some out over 10 years ago and it's still workin'......mac

Been closed for several years now.

[mac]

Been closed for several years now.

i was kind of 'fraid of that. had my ha about 3 years ago and haven't been out there since......mac

[Night Owl]

Nematodes rule!!!!!
Do they taste like chicken?:))

[Ricky]

Do they taste like chicken?:))



Somewhat !!!

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The spotted beetles problem at Chez GR seems to be solved. I called Orkin and got irritated (surprise) that both the Killeen and Belton offices' phones routed me to an 800 number. I got a quote and then called a local place, Bugmasters, that actually answered the phone, knew the area, and transferred me to the technician who came out within a few hours for about half the price.

Now I'm sweeping up little orange carcasses, in case y'all want me to save them for you.

[Night Owl]

The spotted beetles problem at Chez GR seems to be solved. I called Orkin and got irritated (surprise) that both the Killeen and Belton offices' phones routed me to an 800 number. I got a quote and then called a local place, Bugmasters, that actually answered the phone, knew the area, and transferred me to the technician who came out within a few hours for about half the price.

Now I'm sweeping up little orange carcasses, in case y'all want me to save them for you.
Fry those little critters, add a little salt and pepper........:))

[Ludwig]

If you chose not to consume them, give them a decent burial... every life has meaning. More importantly, if you don't properly dispose of those poisoned bodies then some innocent and harmless critters may consume them and be harmed.

[Ricky]

If you chose not to consume them, give them a decent burial... every life has meaning. More importantly, if you don't properly dispose of those poisoned bodies then some innocent and harmless critters may consume them and be harmed.

I agree, I dig a small hole my front yard to ensure that they are disposed of correctly