"LAH" wrote in message ...
Does anyone know of a way to decrease the population of these pest
around the house? Before someone berates me for trying to do in the
beneficial lady bug, please know that every fall they, along with the box
elder bugs, literally cover the sunny side of the house and invade the house
with what appears to be ease. I vacuum them up inside (would be impossible
to do the same outside as there are too many) but they keep coming leaving
their little yellow stains. I think it would be next to impossible to seal
the house from their intrusion. Walking outside with them flying around and
crawling on everything - lawn chairs, tables, the porch floor is unpleasant.
Every year it is the same and I'm open to any suggestions for getting rid of
them.

As a CP grower -- you can try growing Sarracenia (American pitcher
plant). I myself did not try it, but I read somewhere that it is not
realistic to use beneficial insects (ladybugs) to control aphids on
American pitcher plants because these deadly traps are more attractive
to the ladybugs than to the aphids.

Though you might need many pitchers to achieve the effect you look
for, and around this time they start moving into their dormancy.

My sincere apologies to lady bug lovers but I think you would understand
if you could see what I'm talking about. You really have to be here to
believe it!