> But why now? there isn't anything for them to eat, and it's too cold > for them to be very active, yet year after year, they always do it.
The ladybugs have been coming out around here also. Insects are very much connected to the temp, though to understand this relationship we have to expand our concept a bit. It's not just the temp from a maximum temp point of view but also from the duration of sustained average temp plus an internal mechanism that has been bound to their preys temp tolerance and cycles for a millennium. If it's happening inside your house it could be a false signal their getting since the temps in the walls are obviously higher than the ones in say a barn or a trees bark.Consequentially there are allot of dead ladybugs in the house from about now till spring. They don't have any food. If it's happening outside, all one has to do is look close enough & you'll find that there is something there to sustain them. Insects are incredibly 2 dimensional, food and sex is virtually what they live for. (sounds a little too much like much humanity for my comfort). In Love and Light, (Mr.) Chris
