Ladybirds

[WirralBoy]

What is occurring with the ladybird population?

 

Today, in N,W. England, it was a glorious sunny day.

The rear of my house was bathed in sunshine.

 

My wall and windows were covered with hundreds of baby ladybirds.

 

They normally breed much earlier.

 

Is this another example of the seasons changing?

 

Hard to understand after the storms and cold weather that we've had lately.

[htb]

Same here in upland Brecon Beacons, hardly seen a ladybird all year, today hundreds. What's going on?

[Doug Tait]

Noticed a lot around lately too.

A good excuse to tell anyone that'll listen what I recently heard about the summer of '76.

[Pete Mctree]

Warm dry summer elevated the aphid population hugely-for the ladybirds that meant lots of food, lots of procreation and lots of babies ! Malthusian population model in action 

[woody paul]

Got home at around 3.00 and saw loads of them on sunny wall. 

Cut a mixed hedge the other day and as I cut near top Craneflys came out of top. 

[WirralBoy]

. . . . . . . . and then there was none.

 

24 hours and the little ladybugs have all disappeared.

 

Not a single one to be seen today.

 

Oh, the mysteries of the natural world.

[Mick Dempsey]

Stealing smartphones in London apparently.

[Joe Newton]

On 06/10/2025 at 21:17, Pete Mctree said:

Warm dry summer elevated the aphid population hugely-for the ladybirds that meant lots of food, lots of procreation and lots of babies ! Malthusian population model in action 

I remember the Malthusian prophecy from GCSE geography!