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valval
valval Member Posts: 14,911
edited 30. Mar 2012, 06:15 in Community Chit-chat archive
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
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  • stickywicket
    stickywicket Member Posts: 27,715
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
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    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.
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  • mig
    mig Member Posts: 7,154
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
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    Not seen ladybirds but have seen lots of mega size bees.Mig
  • dreamdaisy
    dreamdaisy Member Posts: 31,520
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
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    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
    Have you got the despatches? No, I always walk like this. Eddie Braben
  • tjt6768
    tjt6768 Member Posts: 12,170
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
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    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 :o
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  • valval
    valval Member Posts: 14,911
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    yep it was 76 got bit by them when camping and yes have had 3 masive bumble bees in house yuk
    val
  • dreamdaisy
    dreamdaisy Member Posts: 31,520
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    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
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  • suncatcher
    suncatcher Member Posts: 2,174
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    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 :D Joanne
    Joanne
  • tjt6768
    tjt6768 Member Posts: 12,170
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    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 :D
    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
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  • dreamdaisy
    dreamdaisy Member Posts: 31,520
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    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
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  • stickywicket
    stickywicket Member Posts: 27,715
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    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.
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  • tjt6768
    tjt6768 Member Posts: 12,170
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    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 :D
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  • lindalegs
    lindalegs Member Posts: 5,393
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    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,
    Love, Legs x
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  • stickywicket
    stickywicket Member Posts: 27,715
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    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 :lol:

    (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?)
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  • tjt6768
    tjt6768 Member Posts: 12,170
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    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:
    :lol:
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  • mig
    mig Member Posts: 7,154
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    Beautiful picture .Mig
  • tjt6768
    tjt6768 Member Posts: 12,170
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    Thank you Mig :D
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  • tjt6768
    tjt6768 Member Posts: 12,170
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    Thank you Mig :D
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  • lindalegs
    lindalegs Member Posts: 5,393
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    stickywicket wrote:
    Question: is a 'laybird' a female who hangs around clerical collars?)

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

    Luv,
    Love, Legs x
    'Make a life out of what you have, not what you're missing'
  • lindalegs
    lindalegs Member Posts: 5,393
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    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:
    :lol:

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

    Luv,
    Love, Legs x
    'Make a life out of what you have, not what you're missing'
  • ichabod6
    ichabod6 Member Posts: 843
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
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    I think there are some nice lady birds on this forum.
  • valval
    valval Member Posts: 14,911
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
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    ichabod6 wrote:
    I think there are some nice lady birds on this forum.

    thankyou so much lol
    val
  • suncatcher
    suncatcher Member Posts: 2,174
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
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    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. :)
    Joanne
  • tjt6768
    tjt6768 Member Posts: 12,170
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    I did shower today, honest :shock: :lol:
    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:
    :lol:

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

    Luv,
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  • Scarlet
    Scarlet Member Posts: 40
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    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
    waddle Member Posts: 116
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
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    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
    Waddle :)
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