Last week on a sunny day I noticed a ladybird on my trellis whilst hanging out my washing. I then had one land on my hand, quite large I thought. Then realised it was a Harlequin. On further investigation of the garden and the house wall there were loads of them and they were on my windows making their way into the house. As they are not native and I don't really want them in the house I evicted them one by one. I have a new dog who likes to chase and eat anything that flies or crawls, she leaps up at the wall to catch crane flies etc. it would be a nightmare with her if I had clusters in the corners! This is the first time here that I have seen more than one harlequin.
I shall now go and check out my sheds.
