Wildlife: Critters Big and Small Volume #3, 1 by Gazania_in_pa

Gazania_in_pa wrote:
Have you hugged your lady bug today? Miss 'Bug' here is enjoying a piece of banana. I have found that LB's also love raisins, dates, prunes and were positivly enchanted with smoked sausage. I have been entertained all winter with these little garden friends. Foutunately I am not overrun with them like many people that I have talked to. Only have 2 or 3 at most around at a time.

They hang out most on the windowsill above the kitchen sink. They become very active in the evening as I wash the dinner dishes. I think they are trained now to come out for a drink. I put a drop of water on the sill and they will change direction and come right to it. Sometimes one will spend an entire day on whatever food I have put there for them. Sometimes he/she will chase off any other LB that comes near. Other times they will share.

Yesterday morning on the sill there was a male and female gettin' it on. I put that little hussie outside. There is only so much this bug lover will put up with!

This message was edited Apr 10, 2010 1:01 PM