This is just plain disconcerting.I live in Leeds and for the first time ever I haven't seen a single solitary ladybird.Nor any aphids.Nothing.It's been just as warm and wet as everywhere else.There's been even less wasps and hoverflies than usual too.
I'm allergic the liquid that ladybird/ladybugs secrete.
We have a bad problem with the introduced multicolored or harlequin species that was introduced from Asia. In the middle of October, usually a week or two after the first frost, these things swarm like crazy.
This is just plain disconcerting.I live in Leeds and for the first time ever I haven't seen a single solitary ladybird.Nor any aphids.Nothing.It's been just as warm and wet as everywhere else.There's been even less wasps and hoverflies than usual too.
ReplyDeleteI'm allergic the liquid that ladybird/ladybugs secrete.
ReplyDeleteWe have a bad problem with the introduced multicolored or harlequin species that was introduced from Asia. In the middle of October, usually a week or two after the first frost, these things swarm like crazy.