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  • Ladybug invasion

    10/22/2003 1:16:12 PM PDT · by presidio9 · 75 replies · 580+ views
    Associated Press ^ | Wednesday, October 22, 2003
    <p>Unseasonably warm weather is causing some unladylike behavior in southeast Missouri.</p> <p>Millions of ladybugs have invaded the area.</p> <p>By mid-afternoon Sunday, masses of the orange insects were landing on buildings, cars and skin.</p> <p>"We've got too many," said Cape Girardeau County resident Schirley Huey, doing yard work with her husband when they first noticed the pesky insects flying about. A few even bit.</p>