It's the Summer of Bugs, As Insects Invade Region ; Butterflies From Africa and Native Ladybirds Lead Resurgence
Lincolnshire Echo › August 09, 2009
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BUG numbers are booming across Lincolnshire, with native ladybirds growing fat on aphids, butterflies holidaying from Africa and more moths than ever before.
The insect invasion is being led by thousands of painted ladies - butterflies from south of the Mediterranean - which at one stage were arriving at a rate of 200 per hour.See the full content of this document
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It's the Summer of Bugs, As Insects Invade Region ; Butterflies From Africa and Native Ladybirds Lead Resurgence
And the humble seven-spot ladybird is seeing a resurgence after fears earlier this year a foreign competitor, the harlequin, was wiping them out.
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