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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 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.

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