I have just found one of these big black with two red spots ladybirds in the bedroom. presumably it has overwintered under the bed and is now looking for escape. Now that I know it's not that 'dangerous' I have let it out, and no, it didn't bite the hand that rescued it!
There are lots of our 'normal' ladybirds clustered on posts in the garden, so I guess they outnumber it by quite a few and all help to defeat the aphids is welcome in our garden.
i have found 10 2 spotted ladybirds and i have taken home one and i put it in a little box and at the moment she is sleeping. By the way her name is Honey
I found a Harlequin ladybird in a friends garden and also a lot of ladybird larva. I was not aware at the time that it was a Harlequin until checking on your site. I would like to know whether I should destroy these ladybirds?
Hi, For the first noticable time, the south face of my house is alive with Harlequin and Kidney Spot ladybirds. It is of course very sunny today. Really havn't noticed the Kidney ones before. Redhill in Surrey.
We have about 200 of the things sitting in the gap of our south facing window, have scooped out the ones that got into the house, and due to hoover the other ones tomorrow morning - there was a swarm of them flying around this morning and guess they think my bathroom window is a good place to settle...
As you say, Richard, we have yet to see what effect the Harlequin has on our native species, but I always worry about our (i.e. humans') eagerness to introduce new species to combat other pests. I realise that the Harlequin was probably an accidentally-introduced creature which probably couldn't really be helped, but you mention many other creatures and instances of our messing around with nature and I wonder if we will ever learn!:-/
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There are lots of our 'normal' ladybirds clustered on posts in the garden, so I guess they outnumber it by quite a few and all help to defeat the aphids is welcome in our garden.
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I would like to know whether I should destroy these ladybirds?
south face of my house is alive with Harlequin and Kidney Spot ladybirds. It
is of course very sunny today. Really
havn't noticed the Kidney ones before.
Redhill in Surrey.