Subject: Re:Ladybugs and Starlings
Date: Apr 07 08:28:36 1997
From: Peggi & Ben Rodgers - woodduck at cruzio.com


At 11:19 PM 4/6/97 +0000, you wrote:
>Starlings have invaded my attic this Spring and so I sent a friend up
>to seal off the vents. While up there he found straw and grass
>material but no eggs. What he also found were thousands of ladybugs.

Yvonne, you are lucky! Ladybugs eat aphids - by the TONS. Their larva
(sorry all you entomologists out there, I'm not up on the proper
terminology) also eat tons of aphids. They won't harm your house. Could it
be the ladybugs are in the insulation because it's warm? Anyone know?

Peggi


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Ben & Peggi Rodgers
Aptos, CA (near Santa Cruz 122 W, 37 N)
USA
woodduck at cruzio.com


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