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Title: what in the hell is up with these ladybugs?
Post by: walkonby on October 13, 2008, 04:13:00 pm
swarms of them.  everywhere in my yard.  they even seem to be trying to get inside like out of some horror movie.
Title: Re: what in the hell is up with these ladybugs?
Post by: eltee on October 13, 2008, 04:57:00 pm
same thing happened to a few people last year - Post had an article - except they definitely got inside the homes. (I've seen a few at work.)
 I think they are good luck. ;)
Title: Re: what in the hell is up with these ladybugs?
Post by: sweetcell on October 13, 2008, 05:06:00 pm
sounds like you might be having a flashback... take a valium and think warm happy thoughts, it'll all pass...
Title: Re: what in the hell is up with these ladybugs?
Post by: walkonby on October 13, 2008, 05:29:00 pm
holiday =  too many posts from me.
Title: Re: what in the hell is up with these ladybugs?
Post by: Seth Hurwitz on October 14, 2008, 07:52:00 am
stinkbugs are our particular plague around these parts
Title: Re: what in the hell is up with these ladybugs?
Post by: walkonby on October 14, 2008, 09:13:00 am
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Originally posted by Seth Hurwitz:
  stinkbugs are our particular plague around these parts
is that a metaphor?
Title: Re: what in the hell is up with these ladybugs?
Post by: edbert on October 14, 2008, 09:17:00 am
anyone else notice lots or robins showing up this year?  not just around my home in dc but also around my office in md. my coworker says he's had lots of them around his place too
Title: Re: what in the hell is up with these ladybugs?
Post by: walkonby on October 14, 2008, 09:19:00 am
must be the animal version of "the happening."
Title: Re: what in the hell is up with these ladybugs?
Post by: Herr Professor Doktor Doom on October 14, 2008, 12:25:00 pm
Some cat left a shredded bird on my doorstep...  little left but a big pile of feathers
Title: Re: what in the hell is up with these ladybugs?
Post by: walkonby on October 14, 2008, 12:42:00 pm
i feed squirrels peanuts in my yard.  the other day they left some empty black walnut shells on my front door step, i guess as a thank you gift.  animals are smart and funny.
Title: Re: what in the hell is up with these ladybugs?
Post by: nkotb on October 14, 2008, 12:47:00 pm
Especially when you're blowing smoke in their tiny faces    ;)  
 
 
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Originally posted by walkonby:
 animals are smart and funny...
Title: Re: what in the hell is up with these ladybugs?
Post by: jd930 on October 15, 2008, 11:34:00 am
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Originally posted by Seth Hurwitz:
  stinkbugs are our particular plague around these parts
They are everywhere this year, huge numbers of em.  Man are they noisy when they are flying around. I thought that there was a cell phone vibrating somewhere and it was a big bomber of a stinkbug lumbering through the air in the living room.
Title: Re: what in the hell is up with these ladybugs?
Post by: eltee on October 16, 2008, 11:24:00 am
what's a stinkbug?
Title: Re: what in the hell is up with these ladybugs?
Post by: K8teebug on October 16, 2008, 11:34:00 am
They are not actual ladybugs.  Alot of them are really asian lady beetles (I realize this fact will incite many varied responses)
 
 http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/br/lbeetle/ (http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/br/lbeetle/)
Title: Re: what in the hell is up with these ladybugs?
Post by: walkonby on October 16, 2008, 11:42:00 am
this italian guy told me the other day that he was moving out of brooklyn, because all these asian people were moving in and taking over all the neighborhoods and he did not like it.  i told him now you know what people felt like when all the italians moved into new york and took over everything.  he did not like that.
Title: Re: what in the hell is up with these ladybugs?
Post by: jd930 on October 17, 2008, 03:50:00 pm
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Originally posted by Greer Zoller:
  what's a stinkbug?
This is a stinkbug:
 
    <img src="http://trilogy.brynmawr.edu/mt/trinews/stinkbug.jpg" alt=" - " />
 
 Also known as shield bugs.  They are known as stink bugs because they have glands that secrete nastyass aldehydes. You don't really want to smash one and then leave it lying around.
Title: Re: what in the hell is up with these ladybugs?
Post by: eltee on October 17, 2008, 04:07:00 pm
Oh yes, those pesky looking things. I never noticed them in this area before until last year. Thanks for the tip! Last weekend one got in my vacuum - luckily he didn't get squished! So are they good critters otherwise?
Title: Re: what in the hell is up with these ladybugs?
Post by: Jaguar on October 17, 2008, 04:17:00 pm
Pretty harmless vegetarians. They like certain types of leaves but I forget exactly which ones. When I see one around my apartment, I always call it Kevin, for Shields. One day both Kevin and Belinda were droning around.
Title: Re: what in the hell is up with these ladybugs?
Post by: azaghal1981 on October 17, 2008, 04:51:00 pm
Ok the shoegaze obsession has officially gotten out of hand.
 
 
 Intervention time.   :)
 
 
 Oh and on an unrelated note, APTBS wednesday?
Title: Re: what in the hell is up with these ladybugs?
Post by: Jaguar on October 17, 2008, 05:04:00 pm
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Originally posted by azaghal1981:
 
 Oh and on an unrelated note, APTBS wednesday?
Absolutely! Can't wait.
 
 Also, very much looking forward to seeing Ceremony again. They are just as good.
 
 (I'm just hoping my car holds out.)
Title: Re: what in the hell is up with these ladybugs?
Post by: azaghal1981 on October 17, 2008, 05:11:00 pm
Awesome!
 
 
 Never seen Ceremony.
 
 
 Sian Alice Group should be good too.
 
 
 I was thinking about seeing Octopus Project at the Black Cat and then running over to the club for APTBS' set but it's sounding more and more like I shouldn't miss any of this bill.
Title: Re: what in the hell is up with these ladybugs?
Post by: Jaguar on October 17, 2008, 05:26:00 pm
Definitely be there for Ceremony! Joining them for a few songs will be Jake Reid from Alcian Blue & Screen Vinyl Image. He always adds some great bliss to their wall of sound.
 
 Can't say I'm a fan of what I've heard of Sian Alice Group but have heard mostly good reports of their shows opening for APTBS. Will be good to find out for myself.
Title: Re: what in the hell is up with these ladybugs?
Post by: azaghal1981 on October 17, 2008, 05:29:00 pm
Will do.
 
 
 I may just camp out at the club all evening; never seen Minus the Bear either and they're playing the early show and I have nothing better to do that night.
Title: Re: what in the hell is up with these ladybugs?
Post by: Herr Professor Doktor Doom on October 17, 2008, 05:52:00 pm
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Originally posted by walkonby:
  this italian guy told me the other day that he was moving out of brooklyn, because all these asian people were moving in and taking over all the neighborhoods and he did not like it.  i told him now you know what people felt like when all the italians moved into new york and took over everything.  he did not like that.
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