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[Marie McHarry <mmcharry AT gmail.com>]

Thanks for that site, Jerry. This is the first year that I've had huge
numbers inside the house. In past years, the south side of my two-story
brick house (painted white) was heavily covered, but the bugs didn't get
into the house in great numbers. Last fall was pretty benign as far as they
were concerned. I swear they must have bread in the walls over the winter,
even if they aren't supposed to act like that.

I'm glad they eat aphids, but even spiders won't eat them (I have a couple
of test sites in the bathroom). Lately, they've become aggressive --
possibly breeding behavior. They buzz me, burrow into my hair, and do
kamikaze dives into my food and drink.

Native ladybugs were so much less aggressive.

Marie

On Sun, Apr 11, 2010 at 10:44 PM, Jerry W. Shepperd <shepperd AT mail2.pvco.net>
wrote:

> According to Penn State University, these are likely Asian
> ladybugs.  While they are foul-smelling, they also eat aphids.
> http://ento.psu.edu/extension/factsheets/multicolored-asian-lady-beetle
>