PLEASE let me know if that hot peper spray works!! I have JB's, Orientals and Asiatic beetles in my yard. I just moved into this house in January and dug up lots of lawn to put in garden beds. I amended all the beds with 3 inches of organic matter. Upon digging up the lawn I did find some grubs, but was advised that I should see at least 10 per sq ft, before it's considered a problem. I was finding about 3 per sq ft. The previous owners did not do anything for the yard. The other neighbors told me they never mowed. There were more weeds than lawn! Considering this, I have a lot of beetles in my yard. They are eating the cherry tree I planted, along with everything in the mint family. Including monarda, basil, black and blue salvia, the red annual salvia. Now that they've practically wiped those out they are onto other things such as spicebush, phlox maculata, seedlings of purple coneflower, dianthus, sunflower and zinnia. This morning I found a JB hanging out on my aster. I have to disagree that they only eat stressed plants because they don't seem to be picky in my yard. The cherry tree I planted was literally a stick when I got it. It branched and leafed out very well, this is not a sign of a stressed plant. My monarda was just gorgeous, until something started eating it. I wish there were something that could be put on the plants to help the adult infestations. Even if I do the grub control, I will probably have a problem with adults. Like so may others have said, the whole neighborhood would have to do it. It is making me feel like, being an organic gardener, means not being a gardener at all. What is the point of all the work? When the damn beetles are just going to come eat everything, before the butterflies hummingbirds and myself can enjoy the flowers! I think from now on I will just not plant things they seem to like, which is no fun, because they seem to like half the stuff I have! Oh and I have to say, to the people who have no beetles because they're yard is so healthy. You are probably just lucky enough, to not have high amounts of these pests in your area. Or, you may have lots of neighbors faithfully doing grub control.

The Asian Lady Beetles, aka Lady Bugs, natural winter habiitat is caves in the hillsides of Asia and when they were imported here they found our houses were a good substitute for that, so they find a means of entry that does not need to be very large and spend the winter hibernating between the inside and outside walls of your house. On nice sunny days that warmth in that space may awaken some and they find their way inside your house. Some people claim to have been bitten by them and while I have had them crawl on my bare arms I have never been bitten by a Lady Beetle, during the winter or during the summer. Those Lady Beetles that are in your house can be captured, placed in a container (breathable but tight enough to contain them), and that container can be placed back in a sheltered but cold place for them to finish their hibernation.

I happened to be in front of a huge plate glass window in an office building today (good cell signal!) and the window was absolutely covered with them. THey seemed bigger than normal I thought. There's one (at least) in the house now buzzing around the lamp driving a cat crazy.

deedee, the hummers following your husband into the garage and out makes me smile. And I'm not surprised. Mine got so used to me standing next to the feeders, they just flew around me to get to them, chirping. I think they were irritated with me, wanting me to get out of the way and just go sit in my chair! LOL A friend of mine at work often gets hummers in her garage. She and her husband have to catch them to take them out. R