{"id":2160,"date":"2009-10-22T21:47:18","date_gmt":"2009-10-23T01:47:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/garden\/?p=2160"},"modified":"2010-09-26T15:00:37","modified_gmt":"2010-09-26T19:00:37","slug":"lady-bugs-everywhere","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/garden\/2009\/10\/22\/lady-bugs-everywhere\/","title":{"rendered":"Lady Bugs Everywhere!"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--CusAds--><p>On Tuesday I spent some time outside in the garden with my husband. It was a nice Autumn day reaching about 16 Celsius (60 F) &#8211; warm compared to the last two weeks!<\/p>\n<div class=\"912745ff53504cd4aef8ff3ef7b9aa95\" data-index=\"2\" style=\"float: right; margin:10px 0 10px 10px;\">\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\r\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-3375789278566919\";\r\n\/* gardengrows_300x250inpost *\/\r\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"4054669721\";\r\ngoogle_ad_width = 300;\r\ngoogle_ad_height = 250;\r\n\/\/-->\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\r\nsrc=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>My husband was busy fixing a storage area and I&#8217;d come outside to take some photos of my fall blooming flowers &#8211; Monkshood, and Toad Lilies in particular.  Much to my amazement I noticed that there were Lady Bugs everywhere! <\/p>\n<p>I mean, hundreds &#8230; maybe even thousands!<\/p>\n<p> I guess the warmer weather drew them out.  I&#8217;ve noticed that this happens at least once every fall, but most often in September.  However I haven&#8217;t seen this many lady bugs in one day in a few years!<\/p>\n<p>We had to shake them off every time we went into the house! I&#8217;m sure we brought a few in with us.<\/p>\n<p>I wish they&#8217;d come out like that in June or early July when the aphids are eating my new rose buds!<\/p>\n<p>This past summer was so cool that I don&#8217;t recall even seeing any lady bugs until August when we started getting our normal hot humid days that had been missing in July and part of June.<\/p><!--CusAds-->\n<p>It rained most of the day yesterday so I didn&#8217;t see any lady bugs &#8211; but I didn&#8217;t really expect to &#8211; at least not in such high numbers.  It&#8217;s been my experience that there&#8217;s usually only one day each year of such high lady bug levels. 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