A ladybug has been on my kitchen window for 24 hours now

On the outside. Do you think it's okay?

:hi:

:bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

:loveya:

:hi: KitchenWitch! :hug:

:loveya:

It certainly isn't going to bite your hand off. :P

but I forgot. I reckon it's either dead or incredibly lazy. :)

I loves me some ladybugs. They so pretty. :loveya:

That would be wrong.

:pals:

How sweet. You should take a picture of the Lady. I love ladybugs!

I will. :hi:

:loveya:

:loveya:

:popcorn:

:spank:

:evilgrin:

:hug:

:hug:

once per 1/2 hour, did you know?

Reds are rare.

but they all look that way to me.

It's probably alright. I had one sit on my wall for three days last summer, then I came home one day and it was gone. :silly:

but I am starting to think we should rename them lazybugs. :D

that's one of Agent Mike's operatives.

:D

:hug: I love lady bugs, except for the ones that come in droves in the late summer/early fall. :ih:

maybe it fell asleep. :rofl:

:hug:

recharge a bit. :D :hug:

Hmmmmmm... :dubious: ;)

One of my devotee friends did say my flat was "shanthi," though (hindi for peaceful). :hug:

Back in the 70's I worked a gold camp in norther California. In September the lady bugs start gathering and building massive layers on tree trunks, weeds, limbs, etc. They are everywhere in the billions, literally 3 to 6 inches thick on some trees. We had felled two trees across a small stream and placed a couple of two by fours across these trees just far apart enough to position a 5 gallon paint bucket with the bottom cut out. This was out pottie. Everything would drop straight through into the running water and disappear downstream.

I awoke once in the middle of the night and had to go pottie. I got to the trees and carefully backed out, in the total darkness, to the five gallon bucket and dropped my pants and squatted real carefully into a MILLION lady bugs. I let out a whoop and everyone came running. I can still hear them laughing at me standing on the banks shaking out my pants trying to get rid of thousands of lady bugs.

They never hurt me, bit me, or anything.

We had a rule in camp --- Never disturb the ladybugs, because, when they are balling up you know where they are. Disturb the ball and they can show up anywhere.

We don't get swarms of them, but lone ones are a regular sight in summer. :)

Fly away home
Your house is on fire
and your children will burn!!!

God, now that I think about it, what a macbre child's saying! Does anyone else remember it?

Let her stay. :hi:

She was gone when I returned home from work.

:hi: 'pie!

:hug:

if it's actually a Ladybug, i wouldn't worry. If it's one of those "asian beetle" varieties, it is a minion of satan, and should be avoided at all costs. I reccomend holy water.

Small beetle, about a half centimetre across, bright red with black dots on its wing cases. :)