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Hello Phil - 

PM>  MIKE ROSS wrote ------------BIG BUGS 

>> We've had the invasion of the "Pale Spotted Lady Beetles"
>> which was imported from Asia into the Southern US in 1982 in
>> an attempt to control aphids. They have since spread like
>> wildfire all over the continent since they had no natural
>> predator, and birds don't seem to like them. 

PM> Yep, they got here a few summers ago. Didn't know they were
PM> intentionally imported, tho. They spoiled the kids' delight
PM> in finding real Lady Bugs. 

My brother-in-law some 45 minutes north of where I live claims
they bite too. None have bitten me but they seem to be swarming
north of me some 15 minutes or more north. I guess there is
something in the Urban environment eating them? 

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