{"id":117750,"date":"2017-09-14T03:02:53","date_gmt":"2017-09-14T07:02:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=117750"},"modified":"2017-09-14T03:02:53","modified_gmt":"2017-09-14T07:02:53","slug":"entomologist-says-asian-lady-beetles-have-more-bite-than-traditional-ladybugs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/09\/14\/entomologist-says-asian-lady-beetles-have-more-bite-than-traditional-ladybugs\/","title":{"rendered":"Entomologist says Asian lady beetles have more bite than traditional ladybugs"},"content":{"rendered":"
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WINNIPEG — Ladybugs are usually thought of as one of the cuter insects, but there’s a new type emerging in Canada\u00a0that has a bit more of a bite.<\/span><\/p>\n

Health Canada says Asian lady beetles were brought to North America in the 1970s to control crop-eating insects.<\/span><\/p>\n

But Winnipeg entomologist Taz Stuart tells CTV News that unlike ladybugs native to North American, the lady beetle has teeth.<\/span><\/p>\n

According to Health\u00a0Canada, Asian lady beetles do not transmit disease, and can range from mustard yellow to dark reddish orange with spots or no spots at all.<\/span><\/p>\n

Asian lady beetles will also often have an M-shaped marking behind their heads.<\/span><\/p>\n

Stuart says they’ll start building up around cracks, crevices, door frames and windowsills as temperatures begin to cool, and create a stench if they die in large numbers.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThey look like a ladybug, and at this time of year they’re coming in from the crops and the fields, and now looking for a place to stay over the winter and hibernate,\u201d he says.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cPrevious to 2016, you really wouldn’t see a lot of Asian lady beetles around here. But last year we had an increase: a good number of calls in the fall around Halloween, and people were concerned.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The busy season prompted Stuart to dub them Halloween bugs.<\/span><\/p>\n

A regular visitor to the Maple Grove Dog Park, Jessica Nikkel says she first came across the insects was when walking on a back trail recently with her pup Molly.<\/span><\/p>\n

She had what felt like a black fly bite, but was surprised when she looked down.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cAnd sure enough I looked and it was ladybug,\u201d Nikkel says.<\/span><\/p>\n

If the bugs infest a home, Stuart says there’s a number of ways to deal with them, including vacuuming them up and throwing them out.<\/span><\/p>\n

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