Subject: [NAFEX] Ladybugs yarding up for the winter
Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2004 17:9:6 -0500
Hi Tom and Pat,
Yeah, maybe its too soon for all you fair-weather NAFEXers to get company, and I'm sorry for not changing the subject line (see above). How about if people respond with an affirmative when one arrives at their door? Does anybody else remember when folks were just people? I even remember when ladies were women - must be getting old - but I don't think that ever applied to ladybugs.
Dave left-central MN zone 4a
> > So far I have only seen a few in the house this year. Nothing like the =
> hundreds last Fall. I am in zone 5 near Lansing, MI(south central lower =
> Michigan).
>
> Tom Volkening
> Engineering Librarian
> Michigan State University
> On Fri, 22 Oct 2004 10:11:39 -0500, you wrote:
>
> >Lon,
> >
> > I'd like to hear how the Lady Bugs populations are for different
> >locations this year. So far there have been fewer moving in for the =
> winter
> >here than last year, which was a little too much company for a guy who
> >lives in the country. That may not be the last word as I still see them =
> in
> >the orchard and the grapes though the fruit is almost gone now. The =
> next
> >warm, sunny day with calm winds will tell, but there won't be many more
> >like that.
>
> We haven't had any come in the house yet this year (in
> northern Pennsylvania). =20
>
> We have not (yet) had hordes of them, but have had maybe a
> couple of hundred each autumn. So far this year: none. =20
>
> Fingers crossed. :) Maybe some natural enemy or disease is
> getting hold of them, or maybe our wet, cool summer wasn't