LADYBIRDS!?!

By Kate on Wednesday 7 November 2007 at 19:19

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Help!! Having recently moved into my lovely new flat I thought that the odd ladybird in my bedroom was quite novel and, well, quite sweet cos they're just lady birds, but over the past week they have quadrupled in their numbers and are now forming little brain shaped groups in various corners of my room. I watched GMTV this morning and have since found out that they are 'terror ladybirds' from america or somewhere and they bite and are infesting peoples homes everywhere and if you find them in your home you need to alert someone....but I'm buggered if I know who to call...and apprently hoovering them all up isn't the right thing to do...

Anyone got any ideas?

13 comments:

On Wednesday 7 November 2007 at 19:42, Neo said:

Where do ladybugs go in winter? Normal ladybugs would shelter in leaf litter or a similar snug place. But Asian lady beetles are different. They mass up and spend the winter in huge groups. They like to shelter in caves set into cliffs. What's the next best thing? Your house.

Check out this link it may help

http://flowergardens.suite101.com/blog.cfm/stop_the_ladybugs_in_my_house

On Wednesday 7 November 2007 at 19:48, Keely said:

I am so going as a terror ladybird to next halloween.

On Wednesday 7 November 2007 at 21:57, Mark said:

Does pissing myself laughing count as an idea? If not I'm all out, sorry...

But congratulations, you definitely win the prize for 'Oddest Post Ever' Smile

On Wednesday 7 November 2007 at 22:53, carly said:

How did Lady birds get here from America? How can they afford their plane fare? The Grass hoppers must be paying them more for their hard work in the paper mills!
Maybe it is their holiday.... put in a small pool area and bar. Maybe a mini disco ball and some entertainment?

...... anyway, that is pretty wierd to be honest. I don't think I have ever seen a Ladybird in a house.... let alone lots!

On Wednesday 7 November 2007 at 22:58, carly said:

Phone Eamon Holmes!

On Thursday 8 November 2007 at 07:28, Mark said:

You're not the only one...

On Thursday 8 November 2007 at 14:03, billybean said:

I found a nest of 'em living in my TV aerial at the weekend.

On Thursday 8 November 2007 at 18:59, katie said:

Keely and Mark, I don't think you're taking my problem seriously.

I'm now having nightmares that one might fly up my nose in my sleep and suffocate me.

It's SERIOUS!!!

On Thursday 8 November 2007 at 19:24, Mark said:

I'm sorry - I just never thought I'd hear the words 'ladybird' and 'terror' in the same sentence...

On Thursday 8 November 2007 at 19:50, keely said:

...... and also the word 'serious' used to describe the effect!

On Sunday 11 November 2007 at 03:57, 19 Hillpark Crescent said:

We have a similar infetastion of Scouscers at our house!?!

On Sunday 11 November 2007 at 18:46, Katie said:

If you email Dr Helen Roy of the UK Ladybird Survey
website: www.harlequin-survey.org Biological Records Centre, they send a really nice email back to confirm indeed, yes, I do have a ladybird infestation. Great. Thanks very much.

On Saturday 24 November 2007 at 15:22, Neo said:

Hoover them up!!
Do it now!!

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