Can ladybugs give you an STD? Risk for humans revealed when swarms of sick insects invade the United Kingdom

Harlequin ladybugs invade British homes while insects look for comfortable hibernation points just in time for the winter.

The insects, which come from Asia and North America with light autumn winds, have black rather than red wings and arrived in Britain in the summer of 2004.

The first sightings occurred in southeastern England, but since then the virus has spread rapidly to northern England and the west. until Wales.

Experts say foreign invaders pose a threat to domestic species because they carry a sexually transmitted disease called fungal disease Laboulbeniales.

But can you catch an STD of creatures?

While ladybugs are suffering from a sexually transmitted disease and can sometimes bite humans, it's not as scary as it sounds.

The fungal disease Laboulbeniales is specific to arthropods, which includes insects, crustaceans, centipedes, centipedes and spiders.

This means that humans can not catch an STD from ladybugs.

However, experts have advised homeowners to seal their windows in order to prevent the virus from accessing them.

Steve McGrail, director of the Pest Control Company Kill Environment, said that Harlequin ladybugs are not harmful to humans, but recommended sealing the windows to make sure they do not do not enter houses.

He said, "This is a non-native species. They enter in large numbers.

"They usually gather around the windows and assemble to gather the heat and hibernate in the winter."

Scientists say that a fungus carried by creatures, transmitted by breeding, will infect our native species already threatened by the loss of their habitat.

Although they still do not know if the fungus is harmful, the UK Ladybird Survey states that it is possible that the disease will affect the shelf life or the number of eggs that are present. a woman can produce during her life.