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i have not seen one for years! it's so cute! does this have some cosmic significance?

my monitor screen...it's going to be my new pet.

Ladybugs are lucky, it is your day, LC!:)

what can i feed it? ...its name is evita. ...have i finally lost my mind? :rolleyes:

Oh, it will eat on its own. They usually eat aphids.

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chonsigirl;456178 wrote: Oh, it will eat on its own. They usually eat aphids.i have aphids?? it's bad enough i have palmetto bugs the size of helicopters!

Yes, they eat pesky little bugs. Oh, if only LuLu was on, she knows everything about critters. In spring I always get a box of ladybugs to put in my garden, when they have eaten the bad bugs, they fly away to somewhere else. A nice way to get rid of pests.

:wah: Yes LC ladybug are lucky just get it a bunch of leaves from outside and it should be happy.. I love ladybugs. EVITA good name..

she's been sitting on my monitor looking at me for over an hour now!

chonsigirl;456184 wrote: Yes, they eat pesky little bugs. Oh, if only LuLu was on, she knows everything about critters. In spring I always get a box of ladybugs to put in my garden, when they have eaten the bad bugs, they fly away to somewhere else. A nice way to get rid of pests.


where do you order the lady bugs from chonsi?

Is it cold out she probably likes the heat of the monitor this is not ladybug time of the year.

CARLA;456197 wrote: Is it cold out she probably likes the heat of the monitor this is not ladybug time of the year. you mean this is not some mystical experience?

Usually the gardening stores have them, in little containers. You buy them by the hundred, I think. I have roses, so I always get ladybugs.

Evita likes it there, LC!:)

This has got to be one of the most charming thread titles ever...



:-6

It could very well be a devine event LC. Normally Ladybugs don't like it indoor much, so consider yourself lucky she likes your company..:-4

This is very weird, LC !!!!! In Australia the lack of ladybirds has been the subject lately of many a letter to the newspaper editor. (Okay we need to get a life!) Then a couple of weeks ago I was in the mountains here and found a grevillea absolutely coverered with the little critters. I was walking with a group at the time. We all thought it did indeed have cosmic significance. A sign of good fortune. I mentioned this to my daughter in London and she said similar sightings had just started again there - can our UK members confirm this? It's a global thing!!

Excellent Ladybugs, and Butterflys two of my most favorite creatures on the planet we need millions of each daily..:-6

Carla - I have a goddaughter here whose parents are from the highlands of Scotland. When she was about fourteen I found her one day standing silent and still on the porch of her house, literally covered in butterflies. That image will stay with me forever. Fey as they come!!!

Awesome that must have been a sight to see..:-6 We use to have butterflys migrate through San Diego on their way to Mexico every summer. The past 10 years or so I can't remember seeing many butterflys at all, I so miss them in the summer one of natures most beautiful creations.:-4

chonsigirl;456199 wrote: Usually the gardening stores have them, in little containers. You buy them by the hundred, I think. I have roses, so I always get ladybugs.



Evita likes it there, LC!:)


AW...COOL. I WILL BUY SOME NEXT YEAR. I HAVE ALOT OF ROSES TO. I COLLECT ANTIQUE ROSES. THE KIND THAT REPEAT BLOOM. I HAVE DUG ALOT UP FROM OLD HOMESTEADS ROUND THIS AREA.

Hi Guppy!!! Carla - I remember seeing a program on PBS or whatever that translates to here in Australia about those big orange and black butterflies migrating from the South American rainforests right up to Canada, or was it the other way?? Fascinating!!!! (I guess they must go both ways, doh... blonde grin!)

i see lotsa butterflys here during parts of the year. they are all over the flowers. hey aussie. how ya doing?

lady cop;456161 wrote: B]i have not seen one for years! it's so cute! does this have some cosmic significance?


What are the seasons/weather like where you are? It could be looking for

somewhere to hibernate. I was out walking two weeks ago, on a brilliantly

sunny day; there were hordes of ladybirds, of different sorts. Some of them

are pictured at:

http://www.ladybird-survey.org/gallery.htm

Unfortunately, there were several Harlequin ladybirds in evidence.

what lovely little creatures! thanks! as to the weather, it's always hot here, but we are just beginning to get chilly nights. question...we get these little anole lizards in the house too, will they eat evita?

Oh, I do not know. Anoles eat small insects.

Here is a ladybug page with questions and answers...........

http://www.ladybuglady.com/LadybugsFAQ.htm

lady cop;456161 wrote: i have not seen one for years! it's so cute! does this have some cosmic significance?




I thought you were getting better.

Nomad;457094 wrote: I thought you were getting better. :(i am...i smashed that damn bug with a shoe! .....JUST KIDDING! she was gone this morning. :yh_brokeh

lady cop;457108 wrote: i am...i smashed that damn bug with a shoe! .....JUST KIDDING! she was gone this morning. :yh_brokeh




We have ladybugs here like you have love bugs there. Pesky little critters when theres 500 of them.

She is probably in the house somewhere..:-3

[QUOTE]i am...i smashed that damn bug with a shoe! .....JUST KIDDING! she was gone this morning. [/QUOTE]

lady cop;456418 wrote: what lovely little creatures! thanks! as to the weather, it's always hot here, but we are just beginning to get chilly nights. question...we get these little anole lizards in the house too, will they eat evita?


Probably.

Ladybirds on beech bark:

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