My understanding is that when a certain aphid started impacting yields in U.S. soybeans (remember, soybeans in the U.S. has only been grown commercially for about a 100 years and not on large scale until the later 1950s), USDA people looked around for a native control to the aphids and imported the "Asian lady bug" to take on the soybean aphids. Now, in Vinke's area where they don't grow soy, perhaps the biting lady bugs are now acclimatized to all parts of temperate North America OR if they are used in western conifer forests for some other insect control, than maybe that's where they come from in non-soy cultivation areas.

I think soybeans only surpassed all wheat in the 1980s as the 2nd most grown crop in the U.S. by overall area planted but I'll check my sources at the office tomorrow.

I have witnessed a lady bug bloom. It was unreal. I could scoop up hand fulls of them. It was incredible

This Harris product works very well. Amazon has it if you don’t have
Local dealer

Tempo or suspended

Not many here in the desert.....killed about 30 scorpions this year ......none in my bed this year though

Quite a few walking sticks this last few yrss

This product works better and will kill Antis scorpions also

This is available at my coop and online
I like Suspend better

Tempo works great. I used to just spray around the windows and doors. Now (for about the last 8 years) I spray the entire house and garage. Soy beans or corn, doesn't matter. The first frost sends them looking for a place to crawl into.

We don't have them but we do have these godawful, Box Elder bugs, they get every where, birds don't eat them, bad weather don't take them out, have to wait until is winter cold to knock them down, was in bed one night and half asleep and felt something crawling down my ear, and dug that sucker out before he could set up shop, it's crazy here in the fall with them !!

We get Asian lady beetles every fall. They are attracted to white and cover the south (sunny)side of our house. Started spaying the home defense insecticide. Helps cut down on the number that get in he house.