Anyone else ever notice this?

Executor32 · Post by **Executor32** » 2004-04-07 04:21pm

If you spray an Asiatic ladybug (the ones that bite, and emit a foul odor when threatened) with Windex or any other ammonia-based product, they start writhing in pain and yellow goo forms on their leg joints. This continues for several minutes, at which point the ladybug dies. This is only with the Asiatic ladybugs that have been invading the US for the past few years, and with no other insects to my knowledge.

InnerBrat · Post by **InnerBrat** » 2004-04-07 04:36pm

Oh.
My.
Gods.

El Moose Monstero · Post by **El Moose Monstero** » 2004-04-07 04:38pm

Someone has to find these things out, it's like that chap who discovered that if you put a drop of alcohol on the back of a scorpion, it will sting itself to death trying to get it off.

18-Till-I-Die · Post by **18-Till-I-Die** » 2004-04-07 04:45pm

Dude...seriously, is it nessesary to torture ladybugs?

Dahak · Post by **Dahak** » 2004-04-07 04:46pm

Someone has way too much time on his hand...

Executor32 · Post by **Executor32** » 2004-04-07 04:57pm

@18: If they had invaded your house in preparation for winter and were now literally coming out of the woodwork, flying around and crawling on everything in droves, and stinking up everything they touch, you'd torture them too.

@Dahak: Not really, I just grabbed the nearest thing handy to spray them with and, lo and behold, they died. I then merely took note of what I used and its effects on them for future reference. Oh, and I put a few in a cup of ammonia, but that's beside the point. It still only took about 5 minutes of my time.

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2004-04-07 05:06pm

Those things are indeed agents of demons. They're actually driving the native red ladybugs to extinction, for Christ's sake!!

I'm all for destroying those sons of bitches any way possible.

darthdavid · Post by **darthdavid** » 2004-04-07 07:30pm

They piss me off. See the venting thread. Every where they go stink and torment.

Comosicus · Post by **Comosicus** » 2004-04-07 07:36pm

Looks like someone discovered a new hobby

Captain tycho · Post by **Captain tycho** » 2004-04-07 07:45pm

Ugh, tell me about ladybug infestations. My apartment is home to an infinite swarm of them. They crawl into food, in between keys on my keyboard, and everywhere else.

Thanks for the tip.

YT300000 · Post by **YT300000** » 2004-04-07 08:22pm

Executor32 wrote:If you spray an Asiatic ladybug (the ones that bite, and emit a foul odor when threatened) with Windex or any other ammonia-based product, they start writhing in pain and yellow goo forms on their leg joints. This continues for several minutes, at which point the ladybug dies.

Kickass. *YT300000 goes off to see this for himself*

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