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Here's another news story about ladybug swarms: http://cbs5.com/video/?id=41814@kpix.dayport.com but very short!

>> ^quantumushroom:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dlp1w-6XPHU


http://www.videosift.com/video/What-Ladybugs-really-do-in-their-spare-time (also you didn't need the extra parameters after & in YouTube URL).

>> ^Crake:
^as a veteran internet entomologist I can confidently say that yup, them's ladybugs.


I second that as an insect lover.

When I was a teenager and went church retreat/camping in Forest Hills in So. CA, I saw swarms of ladybirds/ladybeetles/ladybugs. Silly me, I caught many and brought them home in L.A. area and let them go. It was fun!

And they CAN bite. Just catch one and hold onto it. They will start biting you to be let go.

>> ^silvercord:
Reminds me of our longtime original sifter http://ladybug.videosift.com/


I saw her in the video!

^as a veteran internet entomologist I can confidently say that yup, them's ladybugs.

Are we sure those are actually ladybugs? We get huge numbers of beetles that look like ladybugs, but are actually some sort of related beetle from Asia. I mean, *lots* of them, but not that many of course. I was once sucking them up with a vacuum cleaner and counting as I went and I ended up with over two-hundred after only a few minutes and I was still just working the one bay window. Legend has it that if you see that many in your room, inside the walls they're swarming.

When you squish them they leave some sort of stain and a foul odor and I've heard they bite though I've never actually been bitten. The most annoying thing is that because there are so many, they're all half dead and they fly drunkenly around the room running into things. It's actually a little amusing when the ceiling fan is running, but those things would probably put your eye out at such velocities.

Still, if you're going to be infested with bugs, it could be worse. At least they aren't earwigs or cockroaches or something gross looking like that. Still, an invasive species reproducing so prodigiously has to be screwing up some ecological balance or other.

Reminds me of our longtime original sifter http://ladybug.videosift.com/

Ladybug, Daphne, mlx, Kuga, Raven..... I could go on and on(and, oddly, now that I look at it the ones I miss are all the females o_O).

She's really an automated robot

and the inspiration for the ladybug from A Bug's Life.

>> ^LadyBug:
i think some guys make that face too!!

indeed - it's the look of "I'm trying to get this out without crapping my pants"

Isn't Uhohzombies still around?

There were some members who vanished right about when I joined - coincidence? - and some who were already gone before I came here.

I miss MLX, because she was such a diligent sifter until Zifnab soared by.
Fedquip has also been on/off for a while.
Michie left when I was just starting up, if I remember correctly.
Rembar, I fucking miss Rembar.
Tofumar was a loss too, even if I think he left partially because of me (not entirely sure why, though).
Ladybug, our resident nurse, would have been great to have around too.
Raven was a good voice too.
Critttter was way cool, but she was not around for long.

There are others, names, images lost like smoke in the fog and like tears in the rain.

Raven, Gwaan, Benjee, Rickegee, NickyP, LadyBug, Tofumar, Snoozedoctor, MLX and many more.

No ants??!?! LadyBug!!

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1. I lived on the last federally granted homestead in the US in rural Alaska without running water or electricity for 5 years as a kid.
2. Had a ten speed when everyone else had a BMX, and thus never learned to tail slap.
3. Was an accomplice to deathcow stealing a LadyBug and Cosmic Adventure Colecovision cartridges from Art's Video Mart in 1984.
4. Bought my first 300 bps modem in 1985 for the Apple IIe.
5. Wore a spangly sequined vest in my high school's swing choir - and sang bass.
6. Attended Chaminade University of Honolulu for 2 years.
7. Attended Universidad de Salamanca in Spain for 1 year.
9. Worked in Osaka Japan for 3 years - probably for the Yakuza.
10. Married by a catholic priest to my Aussie wife in Japan.
11. Have acted in several community theater productions
12. Would like to have my head frozen at Alcor.
13. Can do good Sterling Holloway and Neil Diamond impressions
14. Founded best online community ever.