Lady bugs

[dh]

I have not seen one single lady bug this fall ( Northern Ohio), any one else have them? Hope they are gone for good.

[Doug Kanter]

Wait till you have aphids all over your plants. You'll be singing a different tune.

[Terry]

Yeah I was surprised! The typical reaction that all bugs MUST be got rid of? But I gathered from this news group some time back that there are at least two lady bug types? One type can bite? But anyone recall the facts?

[Joseph Meehan]

Come to think of it, I have seen any yet either (Columbus area). It is still a little early, but I would expect to see some now that we have had a few cold spells.

It would be nice if they all decided to move, but somehow I doubt it. Of course I want our regular ones back along with the honey bees.

[Pop]

Found 'em! They're here in NY! Come get them, will ya?

Pop

[mwlogs]

I think you are talking of the asian lady beetle. It looks something like a ladybug, but is brown with black spots rather than red with black. I don;t thin it is related at all to the ladybug. Do a google on either and you'll find info.

[Lar]

:) Yeah I was surprised! The typical reaction that all bugs MUST be got rid of? :) But I gathered from this news group some time back that there are at least :) two lady bug types? :) One type can bite? :) But anyone recall the facts?

Lar. (to e-mail, get rid of the BUGS!!

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[Doug Kanter]

WHERE in NY?

[Art Todesco]

[Ron]

I've seen only a very few (Northwest Ohio). So glad. Maybe they come around only every hundred years. I seem to remember they came last year after a freeze and warmup.

[Joseph Meehan]

Not likely, they are not native to North America. They are an import. A rather poor import.

[Lar]

:) I think you are talking of the asian lady beetle. It looks something like a :) ladybug, but is brown with black spots rather than red with black. I don;t :) thin it is related at all to the ladybug. Do a google on either and you'll :) find info.

Lady beetle is the proper name of what we call "ladybugs". The Multi-colored Asian lady beetle is just one of over 5000 cousins of what you are referring to ladybugs.

Lar. (to e-mail, get rid of the BUGS!!

Dancing dog is back!

[Jarkat2002]

If you lived in Northern Ohio ... you would understand. It's not just a few Lady Bugs out by the rose bushes ... It's zillions of them (well a bug that looks very similar). Last year I could turn on my ceiling fan and you literally could hear them being blown off and clicking against the wall. There were so many in my garage

2 yrs ago (basement garage) that when I backed my car out you could hear them *crunch* under the tires. I found them in my baby's crib, in the toilet, in the washer and dryer, in the walls, pretty much everwhere. Strangely enough I never found them in our food.

~Kat

"help is on the way" ~John Kerry

[dh]

Indeed, the aphids never got into my house. Gone for good I hope.

[barry martin]

There are a few hardy lady bugs here in Eastern Iowa but I have seen them only when the weather is warmer. Most have gone into hibernation.

T > > Wait till you have aphids all over your plants. You'll be singing a T > > different tune. T > Yeah I was surprised! The typical reaction that all bugs MUST be got rid of

T > But I gathered from this news group some time back that there are at least T > two lady bug types? T > One type can bite? T > But anyone recall the facts?

There's one called something like a Japaneese Lady bug which looks similar to the real Lady Bug but is more orange and I think it bites. Also have read if squished it stinks; have squished a couple and have smelt a slight odor but no where near a stink. OTOH I'm squishing inside a small piece of paper or napkin, depending on what I have handy.

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[pet]

The wet spring/summer and cooler temps have helped to keep the beetles in check. They'll be back. Enjoy the break from this pesky nuisance.

[_______]

But what the heck does a MALE lady bug look like?