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Ladybirds everywhere!

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  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    Houseful here as well. I remember being on Exmoor in the mid 70’s, the ground was like a carpet with them, you couldnt avoid treading on them. 
    Its the hot summers that bring them out, but where are they in the cold summers. 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • AnniDAnniD Posts: 12,585
    And where were they when my plants were covered in aphids earlier in the summer ?!
  • Singing GardenerSinging Gardener Posts: 1,237
    Came home today after a week away and was showered with ladybirds when I opened the front door. There are always some that hibernate in the porch there but this year the numbers are crazy!
  • punkdocpunkdoc Posts: 15,039
    Apparently, most of the ones that come indoors are the Harlequin variety, our native ones hibernate outside.
    How can you lie there and think of England
    When you don't even know who's in the team

    S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    That's good to know.  Won't feel so guilty about the squished ones.  Not seen many yet but we do have serious problem with cluster flies this year.  
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
  • AuntyRachAuntyRach Posts: 5,291
    Ah - noticed loads yesterday - on the patio door and on a potted Acer. 
    My garden and I live in South Wales. 
  • Guernsey Donkey2Guernsey Donkey2 Posts: 6,713
    Not seen or heard of any great numbers here this year - perhaps we need a northerly wind to blow them in our direction.
  • AnniDAnniD Posts: 12,585
    Have just been out to fish one out of the bird bath and place it on a handy leaf. Quite amazed at my powers of observation at seeing, through the kitchen window, a tiny red dot floating in the water !
  • Busy-LizzieBusy-Lizzie Posts: 24,043
    In Dordogne we have a problem with hibernating ladybirds and cluster flies every autumn.
    Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
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