norfolk dumpling Posted October 30, 2016 Report Share Posted October 30, 2016 Not sure how extensive it is but we are praying for a good frost to rid ourselves of these delightful but now irritating little creatures. My white walled cottage is covered with them. We are having to keep the windows closed otherwise the rooms fill up with them. This is an issue as have just had AGA serviced and lit and weather very warm. Our kitchen is a sweat room. I was going to do some painting outside, a couple of windowsills need a lick of paint but with thousands of these little creatures crawling over my house i just darent. Over half of the little dears are foreigners - the sooner we invoke Article 50 the better! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martyn2233 Posted October 30, 2016 Report Share Posted October 30, 2016 Ladybirds 'riddled with STDs' swarm around man's home in skin-crawling video - Mirror Online https://apple.news/AueLAyhoPRqWrOn1TRIvm-g Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norfolk dumpling Posted October 30, 2016 Author Report Share Posted October 30, 2016 Does nothing eat them? Wifey is filling with them every morning and then leaving dust box outside for them to return (very dusty) to the wild. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sha Bu Le Posted October 30, 2016 Report Share Posted October 30, 2016 Probably come here every year when the weather is favourable, nice to see the Mirror is adhering to the tabloid's mantra. Make it big, make it sensational, make it lurid.............make it up. "Skin crawling, flesh creeping, STD's" yadayada etc. Bit like :- "Creepy crawly slimy things that stick on to your skin, horrid things with tentacles that try to pull you in. Stay away from that trapdoor....................cos there's something down there. Must have been a non news day when the cub reporter wrote that piece of garbage. Heaven help us when he/she learn some big words. Anyhoos while the Mirror's finest are writing garbage they are leaving the field sports folk be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mel b3 Posted October 30, 2016 Report Share Posted October 30, 2016 Does nothing eat them? Wifey is filling with them every morning and then leaving dust box outside for them to return (very dusty) to the wild. i can speak with very great authority , when i say that , ladybirds taste horrible . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted October 30, 2016 Report Share Posted October 30, 2016 Well you obviously didn't marinade them for long enough! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mel b3 Posted October 30, 2016 Report Share Posted October 30, 2016 Well you obviously didn't marinade them for long enough! Youre right , it was only in my mouth for seconds , just long enough for its yellow puss like insides , to hit my taste buds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted October 30, 2016 Report Share Posted October 30, 2016 Were you cycling with your mouth open? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clakk Posted October 30, 2016 Report Share Posted October 30, 2016 Try an open visor on your motorbike ,you can taste multiple flavours at once and no need to marinade as the flavours mix Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted October 30, 2016 Report Share Posted October 30, 2016 Yuk! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ph5172 Posted October 30, 2016 Report Share Posted October 30, 2016 I was in Cromer a few years ago when it was like a biblical plague! They were everywhere and people wouldn't walk down the street there were that many and shops had flyscreens on the doors!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mel b3 Posted October 30, 2016 Report Share Posted October 30, 2016 Try an open visor on your motorbike ,you can taste multiple flavours at once and no need to marinade as the flavours mix yep , the taste of the open road lol. many years ago , i had a mate that jumped from his bike at 30mph , when a bee got inside his helmet , he just totally freaked out and jumped off . the bike was four hours old and got mangled lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve_b_wales Posted October 30, 2016 Report Share Posted October 30, 2016 Many years ago while holidaying in Bulgaria, 1000's of Ladybirds swarmed onto the beach. They seemed to favour yellow coloured deckchairs, so we placed many of these coloured ones far away from where most of us were sitting, and 99% landed on them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old'un Posted October 30, 2016 Report Share Posted October 30, 2016 Does nothing eat them? Wifey is filling with them every morning and then leaving dust box outside for them to return (very dusty) to the wild. seems not.......https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harmonia_axyridis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amateur Posted October 30, 2016 Report Share Posted October 30, 2016 Many years ago while holidaying in Bulgaria, 1000's of Ladybirds swarmed onto the beach. They seemed to favour yellow coloured deckchairs, so we placed many of these coloured ones far away from where most of us were sitting, and 99% landed on them. It's funny how yellow attracts insects. I was at a bike rally many years ago and found my yellow rally tee-shirt attracted hundreds of little black "thunder flies". I changed into a blue shirt and they all flew off to the next bloke wearing the rally shirt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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