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Title: The Annual Ladybird Mystery
Post by: Nick on October 17, 2013, 01:33:26 PM
Every year around this time I find a huge clusterfuck of ladybirds in a lump at the same spot on a window frame. I hoover the buggers up and that is that.

Today is the day  eeek:

They are all over my outside windows and getting in and relentlessy heading for the same spot. Why? There are hundreds of them  eeek:

It is an equivalent of the elephant graveyard? Since all their forebears are dead how do they know where to go?  rubschin:

It is like a siege of ladybirds  scared2:
Title: Re: The Annual Ladybird Mystery
Post by: apc2010 on October 17, 2013, 01:35:24 PM
I thought this would be about your new reading material....... whistle:
Title: Re: The Annual Ladybird Mystery
Post by: Nick on October 17, 2013, 01:36:54 PM
Child TM  ::)
Title: Re: The Annual Ladybird Mystery
Post by: Barman on October 17, 2013, 01:38:26 PM
I thought this would be about your new reading material....... whistle:

happy001
Title: Re: The Annual Ladybird Mystery
Post by: Baldy on October 17, 2013, 01:44:15 PM
I thought this would be about your new reading material....... whistle:

 lol: lol: lol:
Title: Re: The Annual Ladybird Mystery
Post by: Nick on October 17, 2013, 01:49:03 PM
http://www.ladybuglady.com/infestation.htm (http://www.ladybuglady.com/infestation.htm)

A quarter of a mile  eeek:
Title: Re: The Annual Ladybird Mystery
Post by: Darwins Selection on October 17, 2013, 02:00:50 PM
I thought this would be about your new reading material....... whistle:

Or pyjamas.
Title: Re: The Annual Ladybird Mystery
Post by: Barman on October 17, 2013, 02:02:30 PM
Perhaps if you didn't suck them off each year....?  rubschin:
Title: Re: The Annual Ladybird Mystery
Post by: Misty on October 17, 2013, 02:05:25 PM
http://www.ladybuglady.com/infestation.htm (http://www.ladybuglady.com/infestation.htm)

A quarter of a mile  eeek:

wow, that was quite interesting. looks like you are gonna have to accept them as your wintertime pets. We should start thinking of names.   rubschin:
Title: Re: The Annual Ladybird Mystery
Post by: Nick on October 17, 2013, 02:06:51 PM
Fluffy  :thumbsup:
Title: Re: The Annual Ladybird Mystery
Post by: Misty on October 17, 2013, 02:10:24 PM
Fluffy  :thumbsup:


 evil: i still cant believe that stuck. the people in the pet shop laugh at me.  sad24:
Title: Re: The Annual Ladybird Mystery
Post by: Barman on October 17, 2013, 02:15:56 PM
Fluffy  :thumbsup:


 evil: i still cant believe that stuck. the people in the pet shop laugh at me.  sad24:

But we laugh with you....  Thumbs:
Title: Re: The Annual Ladybird Mystery
Post by: Landlady on October 17, 2013, 02:20:31 PM

It's obviously your aftershave - Bosspheromone!!!!!
Title: Re: The Annual Ladybird Mystery
Post by: Barman on October 17, 2013, 02:25:36 PM

It's obviously your aftershave - Bosspheromone!!!!!

More likely to be attracted to the colour Ginge....  noooo:
Title: Re: The Annual Ladybird Mystery
Post by: Landlady on October 17, 2013, 02:31:30 PM

It's obviously your aftershave - Bosspheromone!!!!!

More likely to be attracted to the colour Ginge....  noooo:

Yeah....................Gingeomone - splash it all over  ::)
Title: Re: The Annual Ladybird Mystery
Post by: Darwins Selection on October 17, 2013, 02:33:40 PM
Perhaps if you didn't suck them off each year....?  rubschin:
eeek:
Title: Re: The Annual Ladybird Mystery
Post by: Miss Creant Commander of the picklement and baking BAb(Hons) on October 17, 2013, 02:42:29 PM
http://www.ladybuglady.com/infestation.htm (http://www.ladybuglady.com/infestation.htm)

A quarter of a mile  eeek:

If you find ladybirds a quarter of a mile up your Sierra Nevadas you have a real problem. noooo: noooo:


Ladybirds are good so be kind to them, in fact bring them here I will care for them not hoover them up. angel1 angel1
Title: Re: The Annual Ladybird Mystery
Post by: Darwins Selection on October 17, 2013, 02:43:58 PM
http://www.ladybuglady.com/infestation.htm (http://www.ladybuglady.com/infestation.htm)

A quarter of a mile  eeek:

If you find ladybirds a quarter of a mile up your Sierra Nevadas you have a real problem. noooo: noooo:


Ladybirds are good so be kind to them, in fact bring them here I will care for them not hoover them up. angel1 angel1

He's probably never had them gobbling his aphids.  noooo:
Title: Re: The Annual Ladybird Mystery
Post by: Nick on October 17, 2013, 02:44:53 PM
I leave that to Tipsy
Title: Re: The Annual Ladybird Mystery
Post by: Barman on October 17, 2013, 03:11:15 PM
I reckon Henry releases them into the wild when you are not looking!  point:
Title: Re: The Annual Ladybird Mystery
Post by: Nick on October 17, 2013, 03:13:58 PM
Who TF is Henry?
Title: Re: The Annual Ladybird Mystery
Post by: Barman on October 17, 2013, 03:17:02 PM
Who TF is Henry?

Your hoover vacuum cleaner.... ::)
Title: Re: The Annual Ladybird Mystery
Post by: Nick on October 17, 2013, 03:19:42 PM
He doesn't get out much  redface:

Still tomorrow the nice man is coming to replace by exploding radiator so he will get an outing  :thumbsup:
Title: Re: The Annual Ladybird Mystery
Post by: Darwins Selection on October 17, 2013, 04:08:02 PM
.. by exploding radiator

You have got a cold.

Also, 'Henry' has been out I think.

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Title: Re: The Annual Ladybird Mystery
Post by: Nick on October 17, 2013, 04:12:01 PM
 sad24:
Title: Re: The Annual Ladybird Mystery
Post by: Tipsy Gipsy on October 17, 2013, 04:14:15 PM
 point:
Title: Re: The Annual Ladybird Mystery
Post by: Nick on October 20, 2020, 02:31:21 PM
Here we go again. ::) Getting ready to fire up Henry  eveilgrin:
Title: Re: The Annual Ladybird Mystery
Post by: Miss Demeanour on October 20, 2020, 03:02:40 PM
Is that the same Henry from 7 years ago ? eeek:

Poor Henry must have lost his staying power by now ?  rubschin:
Title: Re: The Annual Ladybird Mystery
Post by: Nick on October 20, 2020, 03:09:59 PM
My new neighbour  eyes:  has smothered her windows in Vick vapour rub as she heard they don't like it. I suggested it might be easier to smother herself in Vick  redface:
Title: Re: The Annual Ladybird Mystery
Post by: The Moan Ranger on October 20, 2020, 04:31:39 PM
Anybody else still got wasps? Isn't it about time they fucked off and died?
Title: Re: The Annual Ladybird Mystery
Post by: Nick on October 20, 2020, 04:45:01 PM
Still here. One of my locks has a wasp nest in the roof. That anti-bacterial spray with bleach in is very effective  eveilgrin:
Title: Re: The Annual Ladybird Mystery
Post by: Nick on October 20, 2020, 04:59:58 PM
Ladybirds now fighting the spiders  eveilgrin:
Title: Re: The Annual Ladybird Mystery
Post by: The Moan Ranger on October 20, 2020, 05:14:12 PM
Ladybirds now fighting the spiders  eveilgrin:

Get the wasps involved. Spiders take them all out. Sorted  :thumbsup:
Title: Re: The Annual Ladybird Mystery
Post by: Nick on October 20, 2020, 05:23:11 PM
Invite loads of wasps into my flat, you say  rubschin:
Title: Re: The Annual Ladybird Mystery
Post by: Miss Demeanour on October 20, 2020, 06:30:37 PM
Plagues by crane flies this year ... hundreds of the  buggers  noooo:

Enjoyed stomping on the grass  in an attempt to kill as many as possible .

What is the point of them ? noooo:
Title: Re: The Annual Ladybird Mystery
Post by: Nick on October 20, 2020, 06:34:44 PM
DO they eat ladybirds?
Title: Re: The Annual Ladybird Mystery
Post by: Barman on October 22, 2020, 04:49:34 AM
The most persistent flies I've ever seen here...  evil:

Swillmore trod on a cat last night, that didn't end well either...  noooo: