Listener Deep Dive: Reviewing Laura’s Infestation (Part 2)

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The episode discusses a Georgia homeowner's Asian Lady Beetle infestation and offers pest control solutions.

In this Peskies Pest Control Podcast episode, hosts Michael Wienecke and Travis McGowin assist a Georgia homeowner, Laura, with a persistent Asian Lady Beetle infestation. We explain that these “occasional invaders” swarm southern-facing walls in autumn to overwinter, often returning to the same structures due to lingering pheromone trails. To address the problem, we recommend an Integrated Pest Management (IPM) strategy that combines structural exclusion—sealing cracks and poor door seals—with the application of insecticidal dusts in wall voids and fast-acting liquids on high-activity exterior surfaces. While Laura was previously told that vacuuming was the only solution, the Peskies team asserts that a professional protocol can achieve a 90% to 95% reduction in the beetle population. Watch this YouTube Video! Podcast Transcript: Michael Wienecke: All right, so here today on the Peskies Pest Control Podcast, we have got a guest—Laura from Georgia. She put a form out on our online fill-out form and said her issue, what she was having an issue with. No one in Georgia could take care of it. Saw a YouTube video that Travis and I had made, and so she came, she wants to…

People in this episode

Hosts: Michael Wienecke, Travis McGowin

Guest: Laura

Topics covered

• pest control
• Asian Lady Beetles
• Integrated Pest Management
• homeowner advice
• infestation solutions

Keywords

• Asian Lady Beetles
• pest control
• infestation
• Integrated Pest Management
• homeowner advice

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Places: Georgia, Birmingham Alabama

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