lady birds

valval

has any one else noticed a lot of lady birds about this year ???? was in garden at weekend and they were every where i looked and also when went into town yesterday they were even on the path val

stickywicket

I'm not sure I've seen one yet up here but I do remember the Year of the Ladybirds - sometime in the '70s - when we were sweeping them off pavements.

mig

Not seen ladybirds but have seen lots of mega size bees.Mig

dreamdaisy

Loods arn 'em (as they say round here, 'loods' rhymes with 'goods'). They are crawling all over the path, various bits of garden foliage, my car and two were on my crutch when I tottered into the pharmacy. DD

tjt6768

we have hundreds in the garden already :shock:
Sticky, was it 76? I remember being on Skeggy beach, it was infested with them.. You could hardly spot the sand in places

valval

yep it was 76 got bit by them when camping and yes have had 3 masive bumble bees in house yuk

dreamdaisy

Beebly-bums are lovely, it's the short-tempered wasps who are not. I don't do bugs but I really don't mind if a bumble lands on me - I wait, it crawls about and realises that actually, in bee-terms, I am not that interesting and off it goes. But wasps? Why? I daresay there is some small biological point to them but honestly. :roll: Them's horrid. DD

suncatcher

valval wrote:

has any one else noticed a lot of lady birds about this year ???? was in garden at weekend and they were every where i looked and also when went into town yesterday they were even on the path val

I have not come across many in my garden. I have found a few green fly on me wriggling around i think i could do with a few of your lady birds here Joanne

tjt6768

wasps... The scourge of a summers day in the garden.. I hate the little black n yellow nazis :x
They are pure evil.. They should be irradicated forthwith.. Failing that, beaten to a pulpy mess
I think bumbley beams are great, could watch them for hours..
Took this photo a couple of summers ago



http://i1219.photobucket.com/albums/dd427/TJT6768/BumbleBee.jpg

dreamdaisy

Oh Tony! What a beautiful picture! I love the fact that its wings look so tiny and delicate but the bumbly looks so solid! That is a smashing picture, well done mate! DD

stickywicket

Cracking photo, Tony! I love the way the wings seem almost part of the blossom and not to belong to the furry, stripey bit.

My first encounter with a bee was when I was about 3. It was on a dandylion which I thought looked beautiful so I'd pick it for my Mum. being a thoughtful child, I kindly and carefully lifted the bee off first :roll: .

This was an early and salutary lesson on the ingratitude of creatures great and small.

tjt6768

Thanks ladies, I am rather fond of that one I must say :P
I love to use the 'macro' settings on the phone's camera

lindalegs

Yes, Val, I've seen lots of ladybirds this year, already. I had to knock (in a very gentle way) some off my washing the other day.

I, too, love bumble bees and that's a beautiful photo Tony.

Wasps do actually eat garden pests like aphids, etc. so there is a purpose to them.

Luv,

stickywicket

lindalegs wrote:

Wasps do actually eat garden pests like aphids, etc. so there is a purpose to them.

Ah, but so do ladybirds, Legs. And they do it without stinging people and they look pretty while they're at it - though not to the wasp, of course

(I've just edited this as I noticed I had managed to type 'laybirds'. Question: is a 'laybird' a female who hangs around clerical collars?)

tjt6768

think I'm with sticky legs.. Rather have ladybirds than wasps lol..

By eck, better clarify..
I do not mean I'm with STICKY-LEGS :shock: :shock:

mig

Beautiful picture .Mig

tjt6768

Thank you Mig

tjt6768

Thank you Mig

lindalegs

stickywicket wrote:

Question: is a 'laybird' a female who hangs around clerical collars?)

Nah, Sticky, a laybird is definitely related to a hen!!!

Luv,

lindalegs

tjt6768 wrote:

think I'm with sticky legs.. Rather have ladybirds than wasps lol..

By eck, better clarify..
I do not mean I'm with STICKY-LEGS :shock: :shock:

I just thought you meant your legs needed a wash Tony ...............and I don't like wasps either, honest!!

Luv,

ichabod6

I think there are some nice lady birds on this forum.

valval

ichabod6 wrote:

I think there are some nice lady birds on this forum.

thankyou so much lol

suncatcher

I wonder if children collect them in a jar like i did.
Daddy long legs there used to be loads years ago now im older i dont see em where they gone? :?:
I used to pull the legs off em as a child i could not bear to touch em now even if i saw one.

tjt6768

I did shower today, honest :shock:

lindalegs wrote:

tjt6768 wrote:

think I'm with sticky legs.. Rather have ladybirds than wasps lol..

By eck, better clarify..
I do not mean I'm with STICKY-LEGS :shock: :shock:

I just thought you meant your legs needed a wash Tony ...............and I don't like wasps either, honest!!

Luv,

Scarlet

Oh lovely picture Tony! I've just finished writing my dissertation for my degree, it was actually a project on bumblebees. You'll see lots of large bees around at the moment as the queens will be coming out of hibernation and looking for a good nest site :-)
Not seen many ladybirds around my area though. I think the good weather has confused many of our insect and plant friends :-)

waddle

ive seen a few ladybugs(ladybirds) as we call them but far more giant bees, blooming heck there hugh...... hope we dont get many wasps this year as my kids are alergic to them and its a night mare.

i used to collect ladybugs in a jar as a kid also lol