warmed up to fifty yesterday

[Paul Pless]

these ****ers are crawling out of the woodwork
allegedly brought to north america to control aphids in greenouses
whose bright idea was that???

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[P.I. Stazzer-Newt]

Looks like a ladybird.....

You need lots to make a meal.

[skuthorp]

Warming up to about 104F here tomorrow……………….

We deliberately breed ladybirds but the proliferate in our garden if their food is present

[Norman Bernstein]

Don’t they eat aphids? That’s a good thing, isn’t it?

[L.W. Baxter]

annoyed by ladybugs? it would take a lot of ladybugs.

hey, pitch for horror movie: a small town gets smothered by ladybugs. the hospitals are full of people who are ticklish. our hero finally shoos them away by gently blowing on them and speaking in low tones, "shoo, ladybug. off you go".

[Chris Woodward]

They are an asian beetle. Those, sir, are no lady. They proliferate by the hundreds in walls and windows like cluster flies. They stink, they bite, have no natural predators here, and are an invasive species.

[L.W. Baxter]

ahh. i was unaware of the distinction. and i have never seen anything like an infestation. probably because the willamette valley has been sprayed so hard for so long that we no longer have bugs of any kind. i exaggerate, but we really do have a relative paucity of insects.

anyway, according to the internets, asian lady beetles also eat aphids and "other agricultural pests".

[Paul Pless]

. . . and have no natural predators

there is a stinging ant from china that considers these harlequins to be truly fine eating

[Chris Woodward]

That'll fix it.

[Chris Woodward]

I don't know if the turkeys or chickens will eat them. We have a winter roost of wild turkeys behind the house and get about 70-80-turkeys every day parading thru the yard. They might make a mess of the house though if we let them in to get at the beetles.

[Jimmy W]

I've been vacuuming them in the windows every day. I see one on the curtain beside me as I type this. Have you ever tasted one when it lands on your drink without you noticing and ends up in your mouth? There is a reason for the aposematic colors.

[Vince Brennan]

Thanks, Jimmy! New addition to my vacalabuary!

[L.W. Baxter]

warm here today, too

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[SKIP KILPATRICK]

burrrrrrr Temp's have dropped into the 50's again this week. Well actually I'm in Pinehurst NC, it was 73 today. But only in the upper 50's tomorrow!

Bigtime pollen season here my oxford white truck is green for St. Patrick's Day today.

[Breakaway]

They are not that thick here ( though plenty of other bugs thrive).

As a kid, we thought it good luck if one was found or landed on you.

Kevin

[Jim Bow]

62F/16.6C here in The City Of Destiny.

[Art Haberland]

annoyed by ladybugs? it would take a lot of ladybugs.

hey, pitch for horror movie: a small town gets smothered by ladybugs. the hospitals are full of people who are ticklish. our hero finally shoos them away by gently blowing on them and speaking in low tones, "shoo, ladybug. off you go".

I have seen my office smothered in those F-ing things. Every fall they would cover the one wall of a place I worked at to breed. They would find their way in and cover the walls. First thing I had to do every morning was take a shop vac to them. They also smell horrible in large numbers and they bite hard.

[LeeG]

annoyed by ladybugs? it would take a lot of ladybugs.

hey, pitch for horror movie: a small town gets smothered by ladybugs. the hospitals are full of people who are ticklish. our hero finally shoos them away by gently blowing on them and speaking in low tones, "shoo, ladybug. off you go".

when it warms up more we’ll get them by the thousands.

[Jimmy W]

Who else also gets the Brown marmorated stink bugs? I don't get nearly as many, but they also find a way inside.

Brown marmorated stink bug (BMSB) is an invasive bug that is a serious pest of fruit, vegetable, and other crops. It also becomes a nuisance pest of homes as it is attracted to the outside of houses on warm fall days in search of protected, overwintering sites and can enter houses in large numbers.
Brown marmorated stink bug was accidentally introduced from east Asia (China, Japan, Korean) into eastern Pennsylvania and was first collected in Allentown in 1998, although it probably arrived several years earlier. It has since spread throughout most of eastern and western of North America and will likely be found continent wide within a few years.

US counties where BMSB has been detected as of November 2017. Map via EDDMapS



https://extension.psu.edu/brown-marmorated-stink-bug

[Breakaway]

Yes, we have stinkbugs, now But, I have not seen or heard of infestations.

Kevin

[WX]

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[David W Pratt]

If you have lots of them in your house, it is an indication that you have lots of air leaks in your siding. We have many fewer, even in this year of a bumper crop of them in Vermont, since we had the house sealed and repainted. It is much more comfortable too.

[Jimmy W]

Mine here look like the OP not like Lee's.

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This photo seems to have several different species gathering for shelter from a cold breeze.

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[John B]

It's crickets here , the last couple of weeks. My wife is taking it personally.
Cooler at night now, but today we wilted about 11 am. I consulted the humidity gauge , it said 80 %.

[Paul Pless]

the key identifier of the invaders is the 'm' like tabby cat pattern on the head, regardless of whether they are primarily red orange or yellow, or are with or without spots

Mine here look like the OP not like Lee's.

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This photo seems to have several different species gathering for shelter from a cold breeze.

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[leikec]

It ain’t warmed up to fifty today…

Jeff C

[Paul Pless]

It ain’t warmed up to fifty today…

Jeff C

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[Jimmy W]

Yes it has.

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[Paul Pless]

fifteen eff here today

[SKIP KILPATRICK]

Raleigh/Durham is having a Bradford Pear elimination day this weekend. Chop down a pear tree and they will give you a new native species to replace it. Virginia should follow suit!

[Jimmy W]

Forecast down to 29f here tonight and 28 tomorrow night. I had hoped I had seen the last of the freezing weather for this winter.

[LeeG]

41F and windy. Bundled the twins up and wandered outside.

[John B]

12 at night, 24 today.
But it's that other one..

[Beowolf]

fifteen eff here today

And that’s before the wind chill.


It’s all about maintaining a balance.

[George Jung]

They are not that thick here ( though plenty of other bugs thrive).

As a kid, we thought it good luck if one was found or landed on you.

Kevin

Again, different critter. These are NOT ladybugs. These asian beetles, introduced via ill-conceived reasoning, are a pita. No good luck, I assure you.