Harlequin Ladybug horror stories as STI-riddled insects invade British homes in the "Biblical Plague"

Ladybugs, with sexually transmitted infections, are invading British homes.

Insects, known as Harlequin Ladybugs, would be looking for comfortable hibernation sites, targeting homes across the country, with many of us lighting up our heating in the fall.

Coming from Asia and North America, these tiny insects have black wings instead of red wings and spread rapidly in England and Wales.

British heptathlete and British Olympian Kelly Sotherton tweeted a horrific video of hundreds of ladybugs crawling around her window and across the ceiling.

She said: "Go home and be greeted by swarms of ladybugs at every #ladybirdinvasion window."

The Twitter user DoubleIn160 compared the scene to that of a "biblical plague".

Many people have turned to social media to show the extent of the invasion in their area – some were plastered in small insects while they were walking their dogs.

Shakira Phillips was staying at a Premier Inn in East Sussex when she spotted the insects gathered in the corner of a window.

While Laura Jayne sent the Mirror Online pictures of her covered with ladybugs after walking her dogs in Bramcote Park, Ilkeston.

Laura 's pants were stuck to the little red bugs after going through thousands of them in the air.

She said: "I walked my dogs to Bramcote Park in Ilkeston and there was a huge swarm of ladybugs.

"Thousands of people flew in one area."

Laura Barnes also revealed how the insects had invaded her house and gathered around her door and behind her furniture.

Kathryn Typer also posted an image of insects crawling on its walls and ceiling.

She said, "Lose my money here on the little ones."

Jake Outrim also spotted crawling crawlers through his window.

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

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.