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  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117

    pansyface - do you have wooden windows ? I've never had any ladybirds hibernating, but every house I've been in has had PVC windows, so I just wondered image

    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,445

    They like Crittall metal French doors as well. They all fell out when the doors were opened yesterday



    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117

    nut image

    We had metal windows on the house round the corner when we moved in but I never saw any there. I'll have to get some more places for them in the garden  image

    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117

    Didn't realise they were whiffy Tetley...image

    I seemed to have plenty in the garden this year, unlike many folk, so there must be somewhere that already suits them. Plenty of little places for tiny bugs and beetles  image

    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,445

    I've never noticed a smell either Fairy and they're heaped up in the door frameimage

    I smell the bats sometimes when weather conditions are right, even when the bats aren't at homeimage



    In the sticks near Peterborough
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  • Catherine WhiteheadCatherine Whitehead Posts: 60

    I seem to be getting shield bugs sheltering - should I encourage or discourage them? Given that they are also called stink bugs ... 

  • Catherine WhiteheadCatherine Whitehead Posts: 60

    Thanks, Jo, I shall get my assistant to move them on. He can add them to his list, every morning he moves on tree frogs who hide behind the shutters, as does the occasional lizard.

  • Catherine WhiteheadCatherine Whitehead Posts: 60

    We live in South West France, Jo. I liked the frogs at first, but they poo all over the place (which in itself is fascinating when you see the size of the poo versus the size of the frogs) and are known carriers of salmonella. Himself has a child's fishing net and a bright orange bucket, and he takes them down to the ditch. We don't get so many these days behind the shutters. They are very noisy, but it's a great noise. They are harbingers of rain too, and are much more accurate than any weather forecast. The lizards will be going away soon, as although it is lovely and warm still during the day, it is getting cold at night, so they'll retreat for the winter. We can spend a lot of time just watching all the wildlife here, we are very lucky.

  • CeresCeres Posts: 2,697

    I get ladybirds hibernating in the allotment shed. They tend to be the harlequins that have invaded over the past few years and that is the variety that produces orange stain. The British ladybirds tend to congregate in the garden, amongst the shrubs and stems of cow parsley.

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