Harlequin Ladybird

[Scarlet Pimpernel]

Unfortunately had my first Harlequin Ladybird of the year today. Many other been being seen? Please make sure you report any to Harlequin Ladybird Survey - home

Cheers Jake

[Paul mabbott]

Originally Posted by Scarlet Pimpernel

Unfortunately had my first Harlequin Ladybird of the year today. Many other been being seen? Please make sure you report any to Harlequin Ladybird Survey - home

Cheers Jake

Unless you have a more local survey - there are problems of funding and staffing at the national survey so everything is somewhat behind-hand.
There are, on the other hand, local surveys which are more up-to-date. For instance, I'm holding data for London, Essex, Derbyshire, Notts and South Yorks. We pass records on to the national survey, of course,

[JRsbugs]

I reported my first sighting ever in late summer 2007 I think, by late autumn I saw about a dozen on my south facing door. Last year they increased much more with many coming inside for the winter. They can squeeze through sealed double glazed uPVC windows! I have helped the last one I could see out today, they clustered above my stair top window, on the ceiling edge and around the light fixing. It has been a gradual exodus.

My only real worry is if I end up with hundreds inside next winter, I had perhaps 30. The are supposed to eat the scale insect which I have been struggling with for years on my Camellias, so if they do that job I might give them winter lodging, lol, lots of little blacks pots on the walls.

Janet