We don't have the Lady Bug issue in my neighborhood. I do have some sort of a bug/beetle that likes to spend the winter under the siding and the house. My sister has a summer place in Vermont, and I use to open up around Memorial Day when NEC is at Lake Placid. I'd walk in and the house would like a lady bug and fly war had taken place and the casualties were heavy on both side. With the cold winters there the flies and lady bugs make their way into the insulation and when somebody would come up for a skiing weekend and turn the heat up they would get active then die when the heat was turned down again at the end of the stay. It use to take about a half hour to vacuum up all the bodies. I got a really neat lady bug in a fly swap. You're probably going to need to punch out some .22 or .32 cal foam circles to get them right.
Jerry C "All things considered, I'd rather be in Philadelphia." In a message dated 5/12/2007 0:54:01 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Jerry: Thanks for the info.. See, we have had lady bug "swarms" around here the last few years, and I was gonna make some in that color, shape etc..Maybe they could be done by gluing on the bottom.. lay in the legs, then glue in the top, and "clamp" it with a clothes pin, or electrical "alligator clip" to hold the halves and legs in place till the glue dries.. They come out by the MILLIONS..It's usually from about Sept till about the first hard freeze in about December.. The extension offices say they did NOT release them, but they are coming from some where, and I assume they would be great fisg bait (or flies) cause it has been several years and they get knocked into the waters here as well..Any other areas of the country have this lady bug problem??? The ppl here who live in, or have visited Florida when the "Love Bugs" come out, the lady bugs here are THAT bad...You don't dare yawn cause they taste horrible LOL....Chuck ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com.
