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Old 11-01-2020, 11:47 PM   #1
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Lady bugs

I have a 2018 Kodiak 299BHSL and this year its been really bad with bugs. I just showed up to my camper today from a week away and have caught at least 50 lady bugs inside. I have no clue where they are coming in. I sprayed around my door frames with Permethrin. Where should I start looking? Doors, exhaust fan, windows?
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Old 11-02-2020, 09:34 AM   #2
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They are not Lady Bugs, they are some kind of Asian Beetle. Whatever you do, don't squish them as they stink. Pretty sure it's a seasonal thing.
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Old 11-04-2020, 11:04 PM   #3
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Yeah, bad year for the Asian beetles. They live and breed in soy beans, and when the beans are harvested, they flock to find warm places to winter in. Of course that happens to be our trailers. I have the same issue myself, across the road from my house was a soybean harvest. They got up under the roof seal on one slide, so when I closed it, they got transferred to the inside. Needless to say when I got to the campsite and got all set up, the interior was loaded with at least 600 or more. I vacuumed them up and had to dump the container several times outside, and it was filled each time.

Once one finds a place to camp in, they send out pheromones to let others know and they flock to it. So cleaning them out is only temporary, keeping them out is the hard part. Google Asian beetles for answers on how to eliminate them.
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