An infestation of Luck

[jack_babalon]

Wednesday night and the Attic has been invaded by Ladybugs of all things. There are swarms of black speckled red dots crawling all over the slats of windowpane, down the bookshelf, up from the sink drain and through the cracks of the crumbling drywall. They don't scurry. They don't hide. Little pilgrims traveling under their cherry umbrella-shells across the dust of an unswept floor, without notice (or concern) of the half naked and unshaven giant that watches over them.

Comments

[vomikronnoxis.livejournal.com]

My parents' house in Tennessee has been overrun with them for years, till this summer. I kid you not, the word among the locals up there is that the government was dropping ladybugs out of C-130 cargo jets to combat locusts.

Sadly, I have no advise, though. The basement infestation of lady bugs at the folks' house has been replaced by an infestation of small, black bugs however. So perhaps you can arrange a military drop of these new little creatures?

I always hated the way ladybugs smell when you kill them.

~rl

[daucus-carota.livejournal.com]

The smell is their yellow blood. They also ooze blood through the joints of their legs when in danger. The smell wards off enemies. It also attracts other ladybugs... just thought you'd like to know if you didn't already.

[vomikronnoxis.livejournal.com]

I now know this: Clearly a flame thrower is the only option.

~rl

[jackbabalon23.livejournal.com]

Well kiss my deposit goodbye!

[jackbabalon23.livejournal.com]

Well I guess they have a pretty savy survival system. Unlike the flying palmetto bugs that I not only crush but rather "sanction with extremem prejudice" I usually let them be since they don't wig me out.

Now those big silver-blue bug corpses I see all over the place is another story!

[vomikronnoxis.livejournal.com]

The new house had some gigantic palmettos -- the size of cellphones circa 2002. I accidentally tried to answer one. The away message was disgusting.

But I think I managed to destroy the two ring leaders. For now.

~rl

[featherynscale.livejournal.com]

We get them here in the third week of September. Every year, like clockwork. They run off the August bugs,which are usually spiders, but for some reason this year are crickets.

One of these years, we're going to have to turn in our dirty nature-lovin' hippie cards and put some pesticide down.

[jackbabalon23.livejournal.com]

Well out of all the possible invasive lifeforms I get up in the Witch house these bother me the least. I'm kinda fascinated by them in fact.

[daucus-carota.livejournal.com]

They are coming in to hibernate for the winter probably though it seems early for it, but I guess not. They will need water in the air to live, so you'll have to add some humidity to your place. Take care of the pretty Ladies! They will bring you luck!
xxx