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Ladybird Epidemic in Wexford

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  • #32
    tara73
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    http://rosegibb.blogspot.de/2010/05/lady-bird-invasion-wirral-1976.html

    ...must have sth. to do with the ongoing heat we had this summer


  • #33
    Kersh
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    Just back from hols down in Curracloe and there are loads of them around.

    Was wondering what was up.


  • #34
    Pai Mei
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    Ladybirds are like the only insects I tolerate because their so cute :)


  • #35
    Muise...
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    Pai Mei wrote: »
    Ladybirds are like the only insects I tolerate because their so cute :)

    Aw shucks!

    Grasshopper_In_Nova_Scotia.jpg


  • #36
    Coll1e
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    Apparently the Mooney show were discussing the huge numbers of ladybirds and they put it down to the lack of swifts in Ireland this summer. Apparently they're the main predator of the ladybird.

    BTW there were hundreds of them swarming on the trig pillar on top of Djouce mountain in Wicklow yesterday evening:confused:


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  • #37
    Wacker The Attacker
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    What about the ladyboy epidemic?


  • #38
    Lapin
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    cherryghost wrote: »
    I've noticed quite a lot around Dublin also.
    BX 19 wrote: »
    Wicklow town is wedged with them.
    Ihatecuddles wrote: »
    Sh*tloads of them in portlaoise too!




    I saw one in Galway yesterday.




    Just to keep you updated with the reports coming in from across the nation.


  • #39
    ScumLord
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    AnonoBoy wrote: »
    Surely this is the start of some low-rent B-movie where ladybirds threaten to destroy our very way of life.
    This would be my guess too. Is there a town nearby that has an invisible, yet impenetrable dome surrounding it?


  • #40
    Lapin
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    ScumLord wrote: »
    Is there a town nearby that has an invisible, yet impenetrable dome surrounding it?

    Athlone.

    The dome is there to keep the natives in.


  • #41
    Roger_007
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    Some of them must have been Gentlemanbirds?


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  • #42
    holystungun9
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    They're whores for the strawberries! Word from the wise, don't ever come between a ladybird and a strawberry.


  • #43
    paddy147
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    Lapin wrote: »
    Athlone.

    The dome is there to keep the natives in.


    ...and keep the Chinese out...:pac:


  • #44
    corktina
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    Beetlemania


  • #45
    salacious crumb
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    Kidchameleon wrote: »
    Hi all,

    I was in Wexford today, specifically Cahor and I couldn't believe the amount of Ladybirds there. This is no exaggeration, there were millions of the things! At most I've seen 100 ladybirds my whole life, but today I was in shock. Even the locals here have never seen anything like it! What is the case of this epidemic?

    Jesus, theose pics are unbelievable :eek:


  • #46
    Kidchameleon
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    salacious crumb wrote: »
    Jesus, theose pics are unbelievable :eek:

    I uploaded a vid for you:



  • #47
    [Deleted User]
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    Was on a Ferry to France a few weeks ago and the top couple of deck levels had a load of ladybirds on it the whole way back. There were none at all on the way back though.


  • #48
    Kidchameleon
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    Deleted User wrote: »
    Was on a Ferry to France a few weeks ago and the top couple of deck levels had a load of ladybirds on it the whole way back. There were none at all on the way back though.

    French would eat anything


  • #49
    Tropheus
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    Better than the wasp epidemic in Dublin.


  • #50
    Annasopra
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    Wacker The Attacker wrote: »
    What about the ladyboy epidemic?

    In Thailand?

    It was so much easier to blame it on Them. It was bleakly depressing to think that They were Us. If it was Them, then nothing was anyone's fault. If it was us, what did that make Me? After all, I'm one of Us. I must be. I've certainly never thought of myself as one of Them. No one ever thinks of themselves as one of Them. We're always one of Us. It's Them that do the bad things.

    Terry Pratchet



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