tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4998479738444661160.post6701768954232466839..comments2023-11-13T07:19:45.061+00:00Comments on CABINET OF CURIOSITIES: Harlequin II: the nightmare continues.......Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4998479738444661160.post-35927942162654515022009-11-21T09:20:33.882+00:002009-11-21T09:20:33.882+00:00hello Emma, ladybird larvae are weird looking anim...hello Emma, ladybird larvae are weird looking animals - the larlequin is spinier that the native species, giving it more of an air of menace......Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15609107148344256875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4998479738444661160.post-62862942922829431242009-11-19T16:40:32.951+00:002009-11-19T16:40:32.951+00:00That's a funny looking little creature.That's a funny looking little creature.Emma Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04385447781203785369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4998479738444661160.post-26710724175396049502009-11-09T21:40:24.861+00:002009-11-09T21:40:24.861+00:00Hi Nyctalus, yes indeed... yet another disastrous ...Hi Nyctalus, yes indeed... yet another disastrous application of the vastly over-hyped biological control ...... it's unleashed a species that could become the coleopteran equivalent of the grey squirrel.Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15609107148344256875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4998479738444661160.post-55127859677042809562009-11-08T22:46:47.584+00:002009-11-08T22:46:47.584+00:00According to wikipedia (and therefore it must be t...According to wikipedia (and therefore it must be true..) attempts were first made to introduce it into the US as a biological control for aphid pests as long ago as 1916. Curiously, given its current phenomenal success, these and later attempts at introduction repeatedly failed. Then something must have changed and off it went in the 80s- across the whole US in less than 20 years. <br /><br />So, they are now looking for a new biological control to control the first biological control that got out of control. Hmm....Nyctalushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03529729794764990304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4998479738444661160.post-84805015414444930082009-11-07T21:58:22.997+00:002009-11-07T21:58:22.997+00:00Hi keith, looks like the harlequin ladybird is the...Hi keith, looks like the harlequin ladybird is the grey sqirrel of the insevt world...Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15609107148344256875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4998479738444661160.post-61463075449526671162009-11-07T20:13:44.318+00:002009-11-07T20:13:44.318+00:00The beauty of the beast?
Excellent pictures Phil, ...The beauty of the beast?<br />Excellent pictures Phil, and like you say, I think they're here to stay.holdingmomentshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16455039696354576430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4998479738444661160.post-32726691344414880592009-11-07T10:58:26.291+00:002009-11-07T10:58:26.291+00:00Hi Adrian, Thanks ....... whatever the threat from...Hi Adrian, Thanks ....... whatever the threat from this insect, it's probably the case that it is here to stay and there's little anyone can do about it, so maybe we should just learn to enjoy its multiple colourful disguises...Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15609107148344256875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4998479738444661160.post-81152205057863874872009-11-07T02:01:27.119+00:002009-11-07T02:01:27.119+00:00Might be the wrong thing to say but these photogra...Might be the wrong thing to say but these photographs are beautifulADRIANhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07113961163396562781noreply@blogger.com