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By Mary Beth Martin
Rappahannock News Staff Writer
Spring is here and so are the ladybugs. They come out of hiding by the hundreds, even thousands, like a plague of Biblical proportions. They make their way randomly like mindless pac-men onto windows, curtains, ceilings, walls, lighting fixtures, furniture, bedding, even food and hair.
The numbers of these invading Asian ladybugs, Harmonia axyridis, seems to have increased each year for the past five or six years establishing themselves throughout the eastern half the United States.
Understanding why they enter homes to spend the winter gives some insight into preventing future infestations. Although not a social animal like honeybees, termites or ants, the ladybugs attract others of the same species by emitting an “aggregating pheromone” when the temper
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