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go forth and unleash horrors in my name (europe.pub)
submitted 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) by meh@piefed.blahaj.zone to c/gardening@lemmy.world
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edit: lady bugs being released to do murder. alt text doesnt seem to have loaded correctly when posted.

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[–] hamburgers@lemmy.world 11 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Aren't those the Asian ladybugs that bite, invade homes, and smell?

[–] meh@piefed.blahaj.zone 8 points 4 days ago

these ones arn't native ro my area but they're not invasive. i've released them the past three years and they're chill. you can end up with a bag of the orangish fake ladybug if you go for the cheapest option on amazon though.

[–] Breezy@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago

I dont remember what they looked like, but having been covered in thousands of lady bugs underneath a house to eventually find out they bite, oh do they bite, i never saw them the same again. Did it hurt? Not really but i had on a tie back suit. Without i would think it wouldnt feel so great getting bitten repeatedly.

I ended up soaking them down with commercial grade peroxide to get them off me.