Ladybirds
I have some friends with a Guest House, it's a Victorian building with central heating. Every Winter they have ladybirds sneaking in to sleep in the ceiling corners of one or two rooms but this year the numbers are amazing!
They have seen "flocks" of ladybirds flying towards the house and are finding clusters of 20 or more in several rooms. Many many more are sheltering in and around the exterior brickwork.
The question is... should they evict the ones in the rooms or leave them to overwinter where they are? I'm dubious about the heating situation as they close for a couple of weeks over Christmas and New Year and I think the ladybirds might think it's Spring when the heating in the rooms comes back on in January.
Any ideas would be welcome :stuck:
I have some friends with a Guest House, it's a Victorian building with central heating. Every Winter they have ladybirds sneaking in to sleep in the ceiling corners of one or two rooms but this year the numbers are amazing!
They have seen "flocks" of ladybirds flying towards the house and are finding clusters of 20 or more in several rooms. Many many more are sheltering in and around the exterior brickwork.
The question is... should they evict the ones in the rooms or leave them to overwinter where they are? I'm dubious about the heating situation as they close for a couple of weeks over Christmas and New Year and I think the ladybirds might think it's Spring when the heating in the rooms comes back on in January.
Any ideas would be welcome :stuck: