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live in florida and have these bugs millions of them!?

I have these bugs like love bugs all over the front lawn on the lawn and they crawl up my walls. They're like a love bug, but red. I took some in a jar to a do it yourself pest store and all they say is that they don't harm anything but they're impossible to get rid of! I hate them and they're usually seasonal, in the spring but this year I've had them all year. I've sprayed with all kinds of pesticides to no avail!Help!!!

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
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    Try spreading plain black pepper generously everywhere the bugs are located. Put plenty of pepper around the base of the house also. This is a non-toxic solution I have used in Texas where bugs are abundant also. Good luck!

    Source(s): personal experience
  • 1 decade ago

    Love Bugs are seasonal. I live in East-Central Florida on the Coast. The bugs drive all of us Nuts... There is really no way to eliminate this problem. If there were, believe me, it would already have been done.

    After 50 years of Florida living, it is now low in my list of frustrations. I think most of us just ignore it and clean-up as we go. This is NOT a satisfying answer, I know, but a radiator shield on your vehicle is about all you can do. Good Luck!

  • 1 decade ago

    I'm in Florida, too and the only thing that helps are birds. Birds will eat them, so put out bird seed and water and maybe even a few houses to attract our feathered friends and it will help a little bit. Good luck!

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Stop with the poison please, I live in Fl also, the love bugs was here long before any of us were, so leave em be and let em do what they do, they are Love Bugs!

    You can crank the caddy up and watch em get thwapped into the radiator, but then you gotta clean the radiator with a toothbrush.

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  • 1 decade ago

    have you tried physical violence? unlike buddah, i think hitting them with a hammer will work... or you can buy like 50 venus fly traps and see if thatl work lol

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