Originally posted by Officer DibbleThey seem to go in cycles, sometimes even rollerskates🙂
is anyone else plagued by the little things? i must kill on average twenty a day, and still they keep coming.
I get them by the hundreds and found a nice nesting ground behind
some paneling in our house (Pocono Mountain area of Pennsylvania)
but that was about three years ago and they either moved out and
bothered someone else or have ups and downs in population, have not
seen that many since. We also have a disgusting thing hear called
web worms, they crawl around the internet.... no, I mean trees and
make these giant webs 6 feet wide and cover whole branches.
The weird part is they seem to thrive on trees near highways, if you
look close, the number of them when they are on their up cycle away
from the trees on the side of the road and you look into the forest,
there are still a few around in the forest proper but it seems about
ten times more near the highway. When I first moved in here I
took a blowtorch to them, I was grossed out when I saw them attack
our trees but then found out they only attack a single branch and
then die out and don't come back for a few years, like a big peak
every 7 years or so. They still freak me out a bit.
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Originally posted by SiskinWell thats regusting! Would like to see pictures of the tame ones
not for much longer ... they're soon going to be wiped out by psycho, vampire, cannibal ladybirds
http://www.buglife.org.uk/html/Harlequin_Ladybird_Survey.htm
for comparison. They must have been the ones attacking my house
a few years ago, but even they seem to have up and down cylcles.
Maybe now we have to introduce ladybug eating komoto dragons
to counter that threat!
Originally posted by Officer DibbleIf they're red with 3, 5 or 7 black spots, or black with 3, 5, or 7 red spots, on't kill them, they eat aphids, which turn into greenfly. Catch them in a jar and take them down to the park or allotments, or down t' faarrrm and release them.
is anyone else plagued by the little things? i must kill on average twenty a day, and still they keep coming.
If they're yellow or white, or have yellow or white spots, kill as many of them as you can. They're illegal immigrants or assylum seekers, and they're wiping out our indigenous ladybird population.
Originally posted by c99uxthank you sir. you seem to be in japan whereas i am in england, so i'm not sure if the point about indigenous species works, but i can confirm that they're red and black. i don't promise to start collecting them, though.
If they're red with 3, 5 or 7 black spots, or black with 3, 5, or 7 red spots, on't kill them, they eat aphids, which turn into greenfly. Catch them in a jar and take them down to the park or allotments, or down t' faarrrm and release them.
If they're yellow or white, or have yellow or white spots, kill as many of them as you can. They're illegal immigrants or assylum seekers, and they're wiping out our indigenous ladybird population.
Originally posted by Officer DibbleVery observant of you, Officer.
thank you sir. you seem to be in japan whereas i am in england, so i'm not sure if the point about indigenous species works, but i can confirm that they're red and black. i don't promise to start collecting them, though.
I am that, in Japan now, and I suppose you would know if you were in England, wouldn't you?
What I meant was about them there ladybirds being indigenous to England, not Japan. They don't have that type of them here.
If you have any aphids or greenfly on your gooseberries, tell them there ladybirds and they'll thank you for the free lunch.