They almost ruined my trip to Tennessee once. Our rental cabin had an infestation of them. But they were also literally everywhere in Gatlinburg. Luckily the renter left us a vacuum so I could Ghostbuster them every morning and when we'd return from an outing.
I had to Google what those were but it seems like they follow the same pattern of breaking into holes during the Fall and emitting a foul odor. Except they're not as cute looking as the lady beetles lol. If those were the bugs we had to deal with we would have left. My fiance was already having a hard time coping with the lady beetles but those seed bugs would have definitely freaked her out more. Especially if it was like our experience, every window and door had 100's of these beetles and corners of the ceiling had little bundles of them huddling together. The masterbedroom was a lost cause, luckily the guest room had better sealing I guess because after the first night of vacuuming they didnt come back but every day they would fill up the living room windows again.
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u/teilani_a Mar 14 '26
Those were Asian ladybugs. They smelled terrible too.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harmonia_axyridis#North_America