Thanks, Al. I was charmed by the sight of them swarming today outside 
the office.
There was a mix of the local kind (with few spots) and the Asian 
kind, which are heavily spotted.

At 06:30 PM 10/18/2006, you wrote:
>Take a look at <http://www.mdc.mo.gov/news/1998/bugs.html> for 
>information about Ladybug swarming.
>
>Al Haury
>Oakland, Maine

--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