RaM
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Just reading the tread on caterpillars, it reminded me of a visit over 40 years back to I think
Lyme Park though I am not 100 sure of this, anyway all seemed normal on arrival but suddenly
the place was crawling with ladybirds, so many it was impossible to walk without standing on
hundred's of them, they are predators and kill aphids so are the gardeners friend, I was told
that there population reacts to the aphid population but just how so many could suddenly
appear I don't know, we abandoned our visit and like a lot of people had to crunch our way
out, it seemed a reasonably local thing and I have never seen the like before or since.
Lyme Park though I am not 100 sure of this, anyway all seemed normal on arrival but suddenly
the place was crawling with ladybirds, so many it was impossible to walk without standing on
hundred's of them, they are predators and kill aphids so are the gardeners friend, I was told
that there population reacts to the aphid population but just how so many could suddenly
appear I don't know, we abandoned our visit and like a lot of people had to crunch our way
out, it seemed a reasonably local thing and I have never seen the like before or since.