[NatureNS] lady bugs

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Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2007 10:41:19 -0300
From: "Randy Lauff" <randy.lauff@gmail.com>
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Multicoloured Asian Ladybird Beetles (Harmonia axyridis)

"They don't seem to do any obvious harm in the house."
"Some of them get inside and when I'm there I dutifully collect them and
release them in the greenhouse where I hope they can put a dent in the
whitefly population..."

Harm in the house...no...dent in the whitefly population, perhaps. Cause a
catastophic decline in our native species' numbers...isn't this one of the
foreign culprits that could be responsible?

When they're in such large, accessible numbers, I'd take the opportunity to
destroy them. When I look at the choice between my garden and nature as a
whole, nature wins. And yes, I remove earthworms from my garden, too. And I
have a wonderful garden. There is no need for for foreign species assistance
in gardening, not at the risk of the loss of natives.

Randy
_________________________________
RF Lauff
Way in the boonies of
Antigonish County, NS.

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<div>Multicoloured Asian Ladybird Beetles&nbsp;(Harmonia axyridis)</div>
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<div>&quot;They don&#39;t seem to do any obvious harm in the house.&quot;</div>
<div>&quot;Some of them get inside and when I&#39;m there I dutifully collect them and release them in the greenhouse where I hope they can put a dent in the whitefly population...&quot;</div>
<div>&nbsp;</div>
<div>Harm in the house...no...dent in the whitefly population, perhaps. Cause a catastophic decline in our native species&#39; numbers...isn&#39;t this one of the foreign culprits that could be responsible?</div>
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<div>When they&#39;re in such large, accessible numbers, I&#39;d take the opportunity to destroy them. When I look at the choice between my garden and nature as a whole, nature wins. And yes, I remove earthworms from my garden, too. And I have a wonderful garden. There is no need for for foreign species assistance in gardening, not at the risk of the loss of natives.
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<div><br clear="all">Randy<br>_________________________________<br>RF Lauff<br>Way in the boonies of<br>Antigonish County, NS. </div>

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