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harlequin ladybird
Posted: Wed Oct 31, 2007 11:08 am
by Granny
I've just spotted what I think is a harlequin ladybird crawling about in my kitchen. It's black with a large red patch on each wing case and largeish white patches on its eyes, (or where you'd imagine its eyes to be!) I'm sure I read that it's a pest so I'm keeping it in a jar at the moment. Should I just let it go into the garden or should I kill it?
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Granny
Posted: Wed Oct 31, 2007 11:43 am
by Chantal
Does it look like one of these? I sounds like one of them.
www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/shows/vine/galleries/602/9/
I'm not sure what you should do but killing it sounds good to me.
Posted: Wed Oct 31, 2007 1:27 pm
by arthur e
Is it me or do I see a good old British ladybird getting friendly with one of those Harlot ladybirds in your link Chantal
Arthur E
Posted: Wed Oct 31, 2007 1:51 pm
by Granny
It's like the one underneath.
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Granny
Posted: Wed Oct 31, 2007 1:58 pm
by Belinda
Posted: Wed Oct 31, 2007 3:27 pm
by Chantal
I thought the same thing Arthur but it seems they're both nasty Harlequins.
They're certainly very friendly.
Posted: Thu Nov 01, 2007 10:10 am
by Granny
Another 2 ladybirds appeared in the kitchen yesterday evening - all different varieties. Most bizarre.
Thanks for the websites. Belinda, your one is very useful. I've saved them in a jamjar and my OH can drop them in on the way to work!
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Granny
Posted: Thu Nov 08, 2007 9:17 pm
by mandylew
harlequin ladybirds have been on autumnwatch this evening, apparently there are 100 different variations of colour/pattern, and it seems they like ivy?!
Mandy