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["Erdman, Jim" <ErdmanJ@uwstout.edu>]

Louisa said:
Ladybugs don't eat plants.  They eat aphids, which are the real culprit.  
Aphids not only consume foliage (and flowers?), they spread several serious 
diseases of peaches.

Over the last couple of years I have been watching the Asian lady bugs 
closely,  and they are either eating my apples once the skin is broken, or 
they are eating insects not visible with a magnifying glass.  In the house in 
winter I find them apparently eating vegetable and fruit scraps, too.
Their bite can be painful, and leave a red welt for months.
 
Jim Erdman, in Menomonie, WI

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