Yes, October is the time to share scary stories dear reader. This one reeks of deception and an attempt at world domination. Be afraid! Be very afraid!
I know that you see this...........
....and you have visions of warm summer days, gardens sporting freshly turned soil, running through fields in the innocence of your youth.
But, I warn you now, it is the core of their evil plot. This is an imposter!!
This is not the gentle ladybug of your youth. It is the swarming, insiduous Multicolored Asian Lady Beetle.
This "ladybug" bites.
This "ladybug" stinks when you smash it.
This "ladybug" wants to move into your house, bringing thousands of its relatives along for the ride.
This "ladybug" swarms around your doors on warm sunny days and attaches itself to your body. Crawling in your hair, on your back, where ever they can cop a ride.
Even more alarming, (cue black helicopters), I have evidence that the U.S. government, was complicit in aiding these pests in their plot to take over our fair nation. Read for yourself:
"The U.S. Department of Agriculture made several releases of the multicolored Asian Lady beetle throughout the eastern United States in an attempt to introduce the beetle into North America as a potential biological control agent."
Biological warfare! (And you thought I was overreacting.)
It's time to bring their misdeeds into the light. They may think their evil plans for world domination have gone unnoticed, but I am here to scream it from the rooftops, (or from the weblog.)
They may climb the walls of my home. They may swarm the UPS driver, in an effort to disrupt commerce. They may try to find and crawl over my toothbrush, but I have not yet begun to fight!
Ladybug! Kill! Kill!
I have taught the battle cry to the younger generation.
Ladybug! Kill! Kill!
We will not tire!
We will not falter!
We will not fail!
DC
I don't know if it was these critters, but a few years ago when I was living in Mississippi, my place got swarmed by a remarkably similar looking ladybug... I swear I thought I was living through some bad B grade movie... I became a big proponent of chemical warfare that day... I used every kind of bug killer I had, then went out and got more... I was vacuming them out of my living room for I can't tell you how long after that fatefull day... UGH!!!
Posted by: Tim | October 11, 2003 at 11:34 PM
Oh, yuch. That is awful. They have the wrong color for lady bugs - those are just not right.
On the bright side, is your garden aphid free?
Posted by: Beth | October 12, 2003 at 08:48 AM
i HATE those things!! they're all over my dorm room and one bit me, and they STINK. grr. I'm glad to know I'm not the only one that hates 'em =)
Posted by: Tippy | October 28, 2004 at 08:01 AM