Plague of the ladybirds

[Captain Marvel]

Day 3

[Captain Marvel]

It's biblical out there

[Sue]

Captain Marvel Wrote:

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> It's biblical out there

You've got locusts and a pillar of salt as well?

[se22cat]

Maybe the Gideons are leaving books in gardens, on buses [praise the Lord, save the 40!] and street corners now?

[nxjen]

?Mostly harmless?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-45766496

[dimples]

We had tons of them flying up to our window in the spare room , there use to be a nest in the frame !

[Penguin68]

It is reported (in the Bristol Post, amongst many other red-tops I think) that whilst offering no threat to people, these Harlequin ladybirds, blown in from abroad, carry STIs which impact our native ladybirds. Interestingly that is a similar problem that our native red squirrel faces from the New World Greys.

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/uknews/4778259/harlequin-ladybirds-stis-where-from-look-like/

https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/std-carrying-harlequin-ladybirds-invade-2094326

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/harlequin-ladybird-horror-stories-sti-13397006

https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1029944/ladybird-invasion-harlequin-infestation-STDs-uk-swarm-can-you-catch

These are wonderful 'foreigners are awful' stories from the popular press - no doubt the next set of headlines will demonstrate how these Harlequins are reducing house prices and taking our jobs.

[JohnL]

Why does the Express ALWAYS print some words in CAPITALS.

I thought it would be plague but it was REALLY and LADYBIRDS.

See how annoying it is.

[Sue]

JohnL Wrote:

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> Why does the Express ALWAYS print some words in

> CAPITALS.

> I thought it would be plague but it was REALLY and

> LADYBIRDS.

>

> See how annoying it is.

On the search thing (Chrome/Google) on my mobile I get a load of "articles for you" underneath the search box, which in weak moments I read. I have a lot of weak moments :))

Despite supposedly having identified subjects I am interested in, I still get mainly crap, and you're right. The Express does this all the time, and it's REALLY annoying.

I had never previously noticed that it was only the Express which did this, but I've just looked, and it is.

[Jules-and-Boo]

not sure whether to kill them or not.

[Captain Marvel]

I haven't killed any; they are all living happily in my hoover

[IlonaM]

And from the Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/shortcuts/2018/oct/11/invasion-of-the-ladybirds-why-are-these-sti-infected-insects-taking-over-our-homes

[Sue]

Captain Marvel Wrote:

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> I haven't killed any; they are all living happily

> in my hoover

:)) :)) :))