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Re: Ladybugs Galore!

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Al Haury

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Al Haury

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Wed, 18 Oct 2006 17:30:30 -0500

Take a look at <http://www.mdc.mo.gov/news/1998/bugs.html> for information about Ladybug swarming.

Al Haury
Oakland, Maine

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From: Gerald & Laura Tarbell <>
Date: 2006/10/18 Wed PM 04:12:51 CDT
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Subject: Re: [MDOSPREY] Ladybugs Galore!

Would somebody enlighten me regarding the life history of the local ladybug?
This afternoon our whole block looked like a scene from Hitchcock's "The
Birds", only from ladybugs.  I've never seen them swarming like this before!
Is this the mating season?
Another thing I noticed was that they were aloft with no apparent interest
from birds.  Not one winged predator around for the hour or so I watched.
Are ladybugs distasteful to birds?
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And please enlighten me, too. I seem to get them all over the front (never
the back) of my house every fall about this time and today they are here in
force. They can find their way in around the slightest crack in the door or
windows and I have to let them back out. Are they migrating somewhere? There
are several Rhinoceros Beetles, too. Do they eat them?
    Jerry Tarbell
    Carroll County


Al Haury
207-465-7236
Oakland, Maine