How To Get Rid Of Asian Beetles

If you do notice a large concentration of Asian beetles in your house, you would do well to just vacuum them up and dispose the contents of the bag outside the house. Trying to squash them could only lead to them using their rather unpleasant defense strategy and also causing stains to surfaces in your home.

Pesticides can be used against Asian beetles but is not likely to eradicate them completely as they would stay hidden in crevices, where the pesticides may not reach, and therefore be ineffective. Or alternatively you can just wait for spring and wait for the Asian beetles to leave the house of their own. Apply any insecticide inside your home just before their hibernation period. This may be far more effective than trying to dose them once they are already in the house.

Say Goodbye to Asian Beetles

Asian beetles are attracted to houses that have lighter colors on the walls, especially if they are in shades of white and yellow. So if the external walls of your house are these paler shades, think of changing them to more aggressive reds or greens. Asian beetles use your house only to hibernate and would always look for ways to get out of the house once warmer weather starts. This is when you would notice them as they would remain hidden when they are hibernating.

How Asian Beetles Get Into Your House

Asian beetles would get into your house through any cracks or gaps that are more than 1/16th of an inch wide. So the first thing to do is to inspect all the walls and areas around openings in your house and see that such gaps or cracks are filled up. Pay special attention to places where pipes and cables enter the house, because the small gaps around them are an invitation to Asian beetles to get into your home. They start looking for places to hibernate around October, just before winter looks to set in. So an end September period is when you must complete the sealing operations around your home. Make sure that all the screens that you have around the home on windows or on the patio are free of any tears that can allow the Asian beetle through. Remember they look for anything that is less one sixteenth of an inch.

Asian Beetles, The Halloween Beetle

Asian beetles are multicolored beetles and also called Halloween bugs. They were imported into the United States in the 1980s, to act as pest eradicators in gardens and attack other garden pests like aphids and white flies. While they were very efficient in doing the tasks assigned to them, they have now grown out of control, because their natural predators which exist in Japan and China do not have a presence in the United States. Fortunately Asian beetles do not cause any harm to human possessions or other materials, and what has caused them to earn the ire of many people is the way they congregate in large numbers at most unexpected places. They can dive bomb themselves into your soup or salad and cause a lot of consternation. Their one defense is a foul smelling yellow discharge from their hind legs that can stink to high heaven, when they are squashed. This same substance can cause stains on surfaces and also induce allergic reactions in some people. So how does one get rid of Asian beetles and be away from their defense mechanism and its smell.