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