I have experienced the same problem of swarms of ladybugs covering the sunny
side of my house and making it impossible to open the door without having
them swarm inside.

It isn't the regular ladybugs doing this, but some invasive oriental strain
which showed up in New England about 10 years ago. They are colored
differently than the good ones that you want to control your aphids.
Unfortunately, these invasive foreign lady bugs have no natural predators
here and are a problem. They were written up in our newspaper some years ago
which is where I learned about them.

They seem to be attracted to yellow things, which is the color of our house,
hence the swarming. There isn't anything I can do until they go away which
they do in a week or so. Meanwhile, I go in and out via the garage door on
the side.

If you squash them they leave a nasty yellow stain. When they get inside I
scoop them into a container with a piece of paper.

They are truly loathsome. If you haven't run into them, consider yourself
lucky.
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"Shawna Brasgalla" wrote in message
...
YES they are miserable, and they BITE, (I have been told they're drinking
the moisture on the surface of the skin). And they show up by the
millions!
Thanks!

"LAH" wrote in message
erio.net...
I hate the *%#$@ things! I know I'll be accused of being a troll but
you
really have to be here to understand my hatred. My open front porch is
on
the south side of the house. At this time of year it is virtually
unusable
thanks to those red and black spotted menaces! Opening the front door
is
like to walking into a swarm! Actually the front door simply can't be
used
at this time of year. I wish the jerk who imported these things had to
live
with them like I do. Kill a ladybug, save an aphid!