To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Asian lady beetles
Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2007 21:25:44 -0800 (PST)
Febreze is poisonous. It will kill birds, dogs, cats
and just about anything else if used in sufficient
concentration.
--- Michele Stanton <6ducks@gmail.com> wrote:
> HI all,
> I think I have found an Asian lady beetle
> repellent........has anyone
> else tried this?
>
> Three weeks ago when the first wave of Asian lady
> beetles tried to
> collect around my laundry room door (the same
> location they have
> congregated in past autumns), I had an 'aha! moment.
> I sprayed
> Febreze around the doorjam, both inside and out. No
> more beetles
> came.
>
> After a few weeks and several rains, I noticed a
> handful of beetles
> congregating around the door yesterday. I resprayed
> Febreeze, both
> inside and out. THe inside beetles dispersed, and
> no newcomers have
> appeared. IN previous years, I would have had many
> beetles.
>
> This is either coincidental, or the Febreeze is
> messing with the
> insects' congregation pheromones.
>
> Any entomologists out there? Thoughts, anyone?
>
> Michele Stanton
>
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