Cool Weather will bring in Asian Lady Beetles

Tuesday, October 9, 2007

One of these days the temperatures will be cooling off and Clay/Owen County residents will find that they are sharing their homes with Asian Lady Beetles. The beetles will be looking to find a warmer place to hunker down for protection. These Asian Lady Beetles are not the same typical lady beetles that we commonly and fondly remember. Rather they are relevantly new to our area during the last decade. A dozen of the same beetles can vary significantly in color from yellow to red. Furthermore some have many black spots whereas others may lack spots altogether. The most distinguishing characteristic that all Asian Beetles have regardless of color and black spots is a black "M" on their thorax between the head and wing covers.

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