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72,000 Ladybugs Released Inside Mall of America On Earth Day In Place Of Pesticides
http://www.ibtimes.com/72000-ladybugs-released-inside-mall-america-earth-day-place-pesticides-photo-1212811 ^ | April 24 2013 | Rebecka Schumann

Posted on 04/25/2013 7:33:32 PM PDT by Daffynition

What sounds like an April Fools’ Day prank was actually intentional -- the Mall of America celebrated Earth Day on Monday by voluntarily releasing 72,000 ladybugs into its indoor shopping facility.

The ladybugs were released in the Minneapolis mall in an effort to protect the large amounts of the mall's greenery, which are usually plagued by aphids.

Mall of America Senior Manager of Environmental Services Lydell Newby told Kare 11 that the bugs take the place of commonly used pesticides to control pests that would otherwise eat away at the mall's tropical plants.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Gardening; Pets/Animals
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To: Salamander

They moved on to our and our uncle’s place above Cumberland!


61 posted on 04/26/2013 7:19:53 AM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Technological progress cannot be legislated.)
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To: Daffynition

They are the most beautiful of all the beetle bugs.


62 posted on 04/26/2013 9:58:58 AM PDT by Biggirl ("Jesus talked to us as individuals"-Jim Vicevich/Thanks JimV!)
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To: the OlLine Rebel

http://www.ca.uky.edu/entomology/entfacts/ef416.asp
This article tells most everything needed to know about the asian lady beetles.


63 posted on 04/26/2013 11:55:00 AM PDT by tinamina
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To: the OlLine Rebel

Sorry for your uncle’s luck but yay for me!

LOL

[think he’d want our stink bug plague, too?]


64 posted on 04/26/2013 12:18:22 PM PDT by Salamander (Freeps With Boas)
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I’ve actually felt bad for the ladybugs I see in stores. They always seem to be 90% dead before anyone buys them. I’ve actually thought of buying some just so they dont end up starving to death in aisle 10 of the nursery

I wish there was something you could buy to get rid of those stupid gnats that hang out in every shady spot in your yard.


65 posted on 04/26/2013 1:21:27 PM PDT by KneelBeforeZod (I have five dollars for each of you)
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To: Salamander

In the last couple days literally we have seen a couple pix of bluebirds after stink bugs.

I’m hoping indeed stinkers have found their match with the benefit of helping repopulate the rare and declining bluebird.


66 posted on 04/26/2013 5:30:01 PM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Technological progress cannot be legislated.)
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To: the OlLine Rebel

67 posted on 04/26/2013 5:34:23 PM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet - Mater tua caligas exercitus gerit ;-{)
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To: JoeProBono

Another! Thanks!

There is hope, both ways!


68 posted on 04/26/2013 5:41:57 PM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Technological progress cannot be legislated.)
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To: the OlLine Rebel

Oh, Lord, let it be so.

I’m SO tired of picking the little jerks out of everything and flinging them outside.

I’ve gone shopping with one [or more] hitchhiking on my coat or in my hair without my knowledge.

They can sure hang on good.


69 posted on 04/26/2013 8:26:47 PM PDT by Salamander (Freeps With Boas)
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To: KneelBeforeZod
start attracting these by building houses for them around your property.

I have many bats flying around in the summer because of old outbuildings in the area and an abundance of ponds that attract mosquitoes.

I also have a small Koi pond in the backyard and I LMAO when the skeeters alight on the water to lay their eggs, only to be inhaled by the awaiting Koi and Comets.

70 posted on 04/26/2013 8:31:38 PM PDT by Salamander (Freeps With Boas)
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