Help! Hundreds of bugs in bedroom
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I agree it's probably ladybirds, You're not alone.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6247385/G...
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6247385/G...
Thank you for your replies. Weirdly they were just flies (and some ladybirds admitedly). My daughter took advantage of an empty house and had a party last week and left the window open.
I've never seen so many congregate like that though, most odd. My wife is suitably embarrassed, so all good
I've never seen so many congregate like that though, most odd. My wife is suitably embarrassed, so all good
TooMany2cvs said:
Saleen836 said:
TooMany2cvs said:
We stayed with friends the other weekend who were in the middle of a full-on ladybird onslaught. They're harmless.
Guessing you have never been bitten by one then?Saleen836 said:
vsonix said:
Nor me. Whilst I imagine, like most beetles with mandibles, they are capable of delivering a nip when cornered, they're not known to be aggressive (towards humans).
Not aggressive no but they do bite humans and it hurts!boxst said:
Thank you for your replies. Weirdly they were just flies (and some ladybirds admitedly). My daughter took advantage of an empty house and had a party last week and left the window open.
I've never seen so many congregate like that though, most odd. My wife is suitably embarrassed, so all good
Flies eh? Most likely cluster flies then. Harmless and not as "dirty" as most flies, but they will keep on coming back year after year. They can get in through the tiniest crack. They exude a pheromone to mark their "homes" to which they are incredibly sensitive. Your only hope is to obscure this marker with a specific spray to counter it.I've never seen so many congregate like that though, most odd. My wife is suitably embarrassed, so all good
Simpo Two said:
It's a sad day when someone doesn't recognise a ladybird and has to telephone her husband and scream.
To be fair, they were flies and probably a good couple of hundred of them. She didn't really take note though and just saw lots of crawling things (they weren't flying) and she fled PhilboSE said:
Flies eh? Most likely cluster flies then. Harmless and not as "dirty" as most flies, but they will keep on coming back year after year. They can get in through the tiniest crack. They exude a pheromone to mark their "homes" to which they are incredibly sensitive. Your only hope is to obscure this marker with a specific spray to counter it.
Yes, I just looked up cluster flies and definitely those. The joys of moving to the middle of a bunch of fields (that and pitiful 20mb Broadband).boxst said:
Yes, I just looked up cluster flies and definitely those. The joys of moving to the middle of a bunch of fields (that and pitiful 20mb Broadband).
This is quite effective, we use it in a shed, although not sure if it can be used in living spaces...https://www.pestcontroldirect.co.uk/fly-killers/cl...
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