Unfortunately all we have around here are these imported japanese ladybugs that have no local predators. So in the spring and fall we have to fend off their invasion at a rate of ~50 caught a day around the house.
Lives outdoors
I wish.
That’s a meme, but the original pic shows the difference between ladybugs and the Asian ones. Lives outdoors are the normal non pest variety.
I look forward to my ladybug friends this growing season.
Same here
And the ladybug larvae are so cool looking too, and they munch on harmful mold as well
I didn’t realize what they were for the longest time! They look so different
FOR THE EMPEROR!!!
Blood for the LadyGod!!!
Skulls for the BugThrone!
*shells
The Codex Ladybugates does not support this action… but I am looking forward to it.
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they do be goin hard on aphids tho.
I see no downside in the ladybugs behavior…
I was curious…
Let’s not neglect the near universal std rate.
That requires further explanation.
I do notice that every day I point out ladybirds cuddling in the garden to my toddler.
He’s a good paper on a funga infection, and the numbers are wild.
https://academic.oup.com/jinsectscience/article/19/6/10/5641434
But here’s a more layman article about a mite sti.
https://www.science.org/content/article/ladybugs-kiss-lot-and-live-tell
But suffice to say that when it’s warm, and they are in large numbers, it’s pretty much an orgy.
They are not ladybugs. Technically, they are beetles, not bugs. “Ladybirds” is more correct.
They’re also not birds. Or ladies, for that matter.
WHY DO WE EVEN NAME THINGS??
What even are words? Pieces of long dead people’s thoughts, which we assemble as grim puppets to replicate our own thoughts in a form that we hope others will comprehend? To hell with this, return to grunts and screams.
“Bug” is not a technical term, it is a colloquial word used to describe all kinds of different insects, arachnids etc.
Tbpedantic, it’s also a technical term to describe certain species of insects that are not beetles, such as jewel bugs. We often say they are “true bugs” to show we’re not being general about it.
No the technical term for those are “Hemiptera”, “true bugs” is the colloquial name.
They are not driveways. Technically, they are parking streets, not driving streets. “Parkway” is more correct.
Ladybug is the creature’s name.
Where I live they’re called nine spotted lady beetles
We call them “Marie hens”
