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.

Stephsti, Sorry to hear you had a so-so experience with your Ladybug. I have just spent 4 days renting a LadyBug XL2300 TANCS vapor steam cleaner and have experienced the opposite. I have ceramic tile floors in my office, laundry room, bathrooms, kitchen, dining room and living room and have used traditional cleaning methods for the past 15 years and watched the grout get grungier each year. The amount of chemicals used to try to get my tile clean was rather obscene. The 1st day with the Ladybug was working on the tile floors in the office, laundry room and first bathroom. Although the vapor steam worked well on the tiles and the towels picked up a lot of grime, the pinkish beige colored grout was still dingy looking. It was obvious the vapor steam was making headway on the grout (no other cleaning method had in years) but something else was needed. So I purchased some heavy duty brass brushes and got to work steaming each grout line several times, then scrubbing the grout with the brush and then steaming it again. the dirt just kept coming off. Experiment with the steam volume. Some grout lines needed higher volume to loosen the grime. It took two days & four brass brushes to hand scrub all the grout lines in my house but it was worth it!! The grout and tiles look as new. The shine is incredible and no chemicals were used - just plain old tap water!! I'm in love with my floors again, instead of hiding them under area rugs. I also used the Ladybug to clean my gas cooktop and vent hood. It worked magic on the stainless steel and the greasy grime hiding in the corners is all gone. I steamed my toilets, bathtub, shower, sinks, heat vents, kitchen cabinets, windows, sink drains and the washer & dryer. All look fantastic and feel great to the touch. I found the Ladybug rental place via Yelp and the web. There is no comparison between this vapor steam cleaner and appliances called steam mops or the Shark. I tried both and they were useless on my floors and cooktop. I am 67 years old and although my knees and back are pretty sore right now, I am so pleased with the cleaning ability of this Ladybug, I will probably buy one. I have a rental unit that I would like to unleash this on.

Had a great trade with Kim. She was quick to send and very friendly. She was extremely generous with her seeds which came well packaged with bubble wrap protection. I would highly recommend her for trades. Thanks!

My apologies for latching on to this thread, but I learn so much from the Gardenweb forums. Does anyone recognize this? They're about the same size as the regular ladybugs I'm familiar with. When I transferred a couple to a plastic bottle, they started to crawl up the sides rather than fly away.