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Post by Deleted on Nov 9, 2006 8:48:32 GMT
Saw this on the BBC website news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/6128042.stmApparently its aggressive and eats more but puts native ladybirds under threat. What are people's views? Do you think it is something we should kill on sight? |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 9, 2006 9:04:49 GMT
I don't think we shold kill anything in the garden - there's enough of that kind of thing out in the world.
Live and let live. Mind you the insects are creating bloody mayhem all the time!
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Post by sleepysunday on Nov 9, 2006 9:11:58 GMT
Beat the kids but be nice to the slugs eh?
Hmmmm
;D
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Post by Plocket on Nov 9, 2006 9:29:10 GMT
When will humans learn that introducing a new species isn't a good idea? I wouldn't kill one because I wouldn't be confident that it was a harlequin ladybird rather than one of our native ones - there are some quite odd British ladybirds after all.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 9, 2006 18:19:59 GMT
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Post by Plocket on Nov 12, 2006 20:20:05 GMT
Did you squish them or send them alive Sara?
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Post by torontotrini on Nov 12, 2006 21:08:44 GMT
When will humans learn that introducing a new species isn't a good idea? I wouldn't kill one because I wouldn't be confident that it was a harlequin ladybird rather than one of our native ones. And when will we begin to give thought to the idea that native doesn't necessarily always mean better, and therefore no need for the process of change and evolution to continue? If we really stop to think about it, "native" simply means it's been there longer. It does not mean the end of change and the end of evolution. The universe will unfold as it has been doing from Day One, and as it is meant to. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 13, 2006 13:44:51 GMT
Hi Plocket, I sent them alive, one in a match box and the other in a film canister. They confirmed that they were Harlequins and thanked me for sending them. You do have to be carefull when trying to identify as there are a couple of natives that look very similar. Sara  |
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Post by Plocket on Nov 13, 2006 14:20:04 GMT
Wow that's pretty scary, knowing you have them in your garden. It's identifying them that worries me so I'm going to keep a careful look out in future.
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Post by sweetleaf on Nov 19, 2006 2:45:47 GMT
Plocket, the harlequins are much bigger than normal 2 or 7 spot ladybirds, you should have no difficulty in identifying them.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 19, 2006 6:46:02 GMT
do they do the same job in the garden ?
far be it for me to invite jonny foreigner onto the hallowed KP plot, but I only saw ONE ladybird this year, and I need something to eat my greenfly!
by the looks of the map, they've yet to climb the wall yet though.
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