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🐞 Any idea what's up with today's ladybug invasion? (lemmy.ca)

submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by avidamoeba@lemmy.ca to c/toronto@lemmy.ca

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[–] mushroommunk@lemmy.today 5 points 1 month ago (5 children)

It's hard to tell on my phone from the pics, but those shells look orange, not red. Those might be Asian Lady Beetles and are an invasive pest. They try to crawl into homes about this time of year to overwinter.

[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 month ago (4 children)

They definitely look more yellow-orange than red. Can you tell if it's that beetle from these?

[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

Looking a bit online, it seems that the Asian Lady Beetle has a white spot on the head between the head and the body. These all have that. Also many of them have an obvious "M" shape there.

From a brief reading they only cause nuisance and I don't see recommendation to kill them.

[–] mushroommunk@lemmy.today 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I'm not 100% on ladybug lookalikes but yeah, that for sure looks like the Asian lady beetle to me. They're not the most harmful thing and were intentionally released in the U.S. to control aphids. I can't advise more sadly.

[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 month ago

I'll put away the vacuum.

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