Jerry: Same here, we have to vacuum them up there are sooo many when they come
around here..I cannot believe that they were not turned loose, cause I have
read that (and I am not sure if this is the exact bug) that they kill aphids,
so the Ag Dept turns them loose to control the aphids, Chuck
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Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2007 5:55 PM
Subject: Re: [VFB] Spider body fly
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
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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
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