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Desktop 1680 x 1050. I have no idea what these beetles were eating, but it was apparently so good for them that they didn't mind a digital camera in their faces.Related content
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corvidophiliac [2008-11-20 19:45:09 +0000 UTC]
Haha. Those actually ARE all ladybugs, just different varieties. They look like Harmonia axyridis, Asian multicoloured ladybugs (~glowcat was sort-of correct -- they're also called Harlequin ladybirds; he/she just linked to a site about the wrong species of insect with a similar name).
Unlike your standard variety of ladybug beetle, the Asian multicoloureds are quite "dumb", and more pests than anything else. We've got a lot of them here, unfortunately. ): They're known for moving into houses, especially in the autumn, and living off things in there, instead of cleaning up the garden pests.
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pseudo-manitou In reply to corvidophiliac [2008-11-20 20:05:58 +0000 UTC]
correct
These things are still coating the windows of our establishments where I live. I don't know why the cold hasn't killed them.
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glowcat [2008-11-19 00:38:15 +0000 UTC]
LOL. Although I think these are harlequin bugs actually, not ladybugs
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glowcat In reply to glowcat [2008-11-19 00:39:22 +0000 UTC]
drat. that's not right. anyhow they aren't precisely ladybugs. But fun nonetheless
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pseudo-manitou In reply to Rhino0 [2008-11-18 16:12:32 +0000 UTC]
Don't be fooled -- not all of those beetles are ladybugs. Some of them are the knock-offs that are so stupid they bite everything they land on to see if it's food or not
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Rhino0 In reply to pseudo-manitou [2008-11-19 02:04:37 +0000 UTC]
ZOMG!
PSEUDO-LADYBUGS! (all pun intended).
Though I highly doubt you bite everything you land on. >.>
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Mottenfest [2008-11-18 04:06:50 +0000 UTC]
Most likely summin with sugar. these lil buggers invade yearly around my house! XD sometimes IN it too!
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