Re: ladybugs

**J* L* <h*@yahoo.com>**

The Lost Ladybug Project -- National Science Foundation and Cornell -- has been around since at least 2008. 

There are 450 species of ladybugs in the US, and 5,000 across the globe. An early report said that while some species have almost disappeared, others have increased. Scientists were also guessing that the Asian lady bug -- which started this conversation -- had pushed native lady bugs out of their habitat, decreasing their numbers. Read more here:

http://www.csmonitor.com/The-Culture/Gardening/2008/0919/ladybug-ladybug-where-have-you-gone

Will be interesting to see if this year's report says anything about the numbers of Asian lady beetles.

Judy Lowe

http://Twitter.com/JudyDigginit

> 
> Message: 8
> Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2011 19:01:33 -0400

> PBS must have heard/read our conversation about lady
> beetles. This was on the News Hour tonight.
> 
> http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/2011/07/searching-for-lost-ladybugs.html

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