My yard in Cecil County was FULL of lady bugs yesterday too...

>From: Patricia Valdata <>
>Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding <>
>To: 
>Subject: Re: [MDOSPREY] Ladybugs
>Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2004 22:17:27 -0400
>
>Ah! These are what I saw today on the south-facing wall of Neumann
>College's
>Bachmann building in Aston, Pa, southwest of Philadelphia. I noticed all
>the
>spots and so I didn't think they were the typical ladybug. Thanks for the
>info.
>How interesting that they are seeking warmth all over the area today, but
>then,
>it's been cloudy for several days.
>
>Nice eclipse tonight, isn't it?
>
>At 07:56 PM 10/27/2004, you wrote:
>>From Iowa State University web site
>>(http://www.ipm.iastate.edu/ipm/iiin/ladybeetles.html):
>>----
>>
>>The "multicolored Asian lady beetle" (/Harmonia axyridis/), has become
>>common throughout the United States and all of Iowa. It is well known
>>for the annoying habit of accumulating on the sides of buildings and
>>wandering indoors during the fall. Asian lady beetles are a beneficial
>>biological control in trees during the summer, and in fields and gardens
>>during the fall, but can be a severe household nuisance during late fall
>>and winter. Wooded residential and industrial areas are especially prone
>>to problems
>>
>>The origins of the Asian lady beetles are not clear, although it appears
>>the current pest species was not purposefully released in the United
>>States or in Iowa. Beetles that arrived by accident in ports such as New
>>Orleans in the late 1980s have crawled and flown all by themselves to
>>all corners of the country.
>>----
>>
>>I don't remember them prior to about ten years ago, but they now
>>congregate in my sunny front hall. American lady beetles do not usually
>>come inside, and never in these numbers.
>>
>>--John McKitterick
>
>--Pat
>
>Pat Valdata, Elkton, MD | 
>"The natural function of the wing is to soar upwards
>and carry that which is heavy up to the place where dwells the race of
>gods.
>More than any other thing that pertains to the body
>it partakes of the nature of the divine." --Plato

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