Great, another protected critter that will forbid a gazillion dollars in worthwhile development.
The period of unusual cold is coming to an end.
This is the conservative ecological approach.
When there is an endangered plant or animal, liberals demand that land be set aside so that theoretically it could increase its numbers, if it wants to.
Conservatives, however, say that if a plant or animal is endangered, the simple solution is to breed more of them. Accepting that attrition of artificially bred plants and animals is high, the end result is still a lot more of them.
Problem solved, and nobody has their land taken from them by government decree. Which was what the liberals really wanted, anyway.
Someone needs to make up their mind. Did they see 9 spotted lady-bugs or 10 spotted lady-bugs.
Spotless, Nine Spotted Ladybug.
stil trying to get a handle on that concept. sounds vaguely zen like.
There were 11 until I found one in my kitchen......
I thought UPI (united press international) went belly up. One of the reason it did was doing Oh how cute reports for 8 year olds like this. Which doesn’t cover why this study is being funded, what this creature does or is good or bad for. No wonder there was no by-line assigned to it
If you use to collect Beanie Babys (I am guilty) the nine spotted Beanie lady bug was rarer than the 7 spotted one also....:O)
Crap. They’ve been living in my yard for years. Every fall.