They DO look like the photo, but I haven't squashed any to see if they stink to all-be-damned. IMO, most bugs do when squashed.
Nor do they bite.
On 12 Mar 2003 at 15:24, Todd Crail wrote:
> Like these: http://www.entomology.wisc.edu/mbcn/kyf210.html ?
>
> Might be an exotic population explosion. There's a few others as
> well. Up this way we get the yellow shelled ones that bite, stink to
> all heck when you smash them and nobody consequently likes lol. I
> like to use those to demonstrate how nasty exotics are, since the
> general population's conception is "THESE SUCK!" :)
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Irate Mormon" <archimed_at_netdoor.com>
> To: <nanfa_at_aquaria.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2003 10:58 PM
> Subject: NANFA-- ladybugs
>
>
> > Here in MS we have been blessed with a surfeit of ladybugs. In the
> training center where I work they litter the lenses of the overhead >
> lights. At home they are crawling all in my shop. Is there some kind
> of 7-year ladybug cycle, or do they just like the weather? > > This
> was the year of the Cicada too :-) My neighbors happily tell me that
> "red-eyed grasshoppers" make good fish bait. > > Prost, > > Martin >
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Prost,
Martin
Jackson, MS
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