mmiller@pcsia.com wrote:
> Are the "ladybugs" light yellow or greenish yellow with black spots? If
> so, they are probably spotted cucumber beetles. The fly away part sound
> familiar. It has been a particularly bad year for them here in Iowa. Last
> year it was the squash bugs. Anybody know a nice safe way to handle
> cucumber beetles? Mike Miller
>
> >To: MMiller
> >From: maroc@islandnet.com
> >Date: 21 Aug 99 19:12:40 -0600
> >Subject: ladybugs and fruit
> >
> >
> >Do ladybugs eat fruit? In harvesting plums I noted that every one in which
> >the skin was split open there were ladybugs in the in the flesh of the
> >fruit. In all cases the ladybugs were a light yellow colour. I couldn't
> >find any smaller creatures on which the ladybugs could be feeding. Now we
> >are picking blackberries and I'm finding yellow ladybugs on the fruit. If
> >I try to move the ladybugs from the fruit to the leaves they fly away.
> >
> >Don Maroc
> >Vancouver Island, Canada
>
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