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Submitted: November 17, 2008
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Make:Canon
Model:Canon PowerShot SD600
Shutter Speed:1/159 second
Aperture:F/2.8
Focal Length:6 mm
Date Taken:Oct 10, 2008, 6:08:34 AM

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PM-Beetles Desktop 1680X1050by ~pseudo-manitou

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Desktop 1680 x 1050. I have no idea what these beetles were eating, but it was apparently so good for them that they didn't mind a digital camera in their faces.

~corvidophiliac Nov 20, 2008

Haha. Those actually ARE all ladybugs, just different varieties. They look like Harmonia axyridis, Asian multicoloured ladybugs (~glowcat was sort-of correct -- they're also called Harlequin ladybirds; he/she just linked to a site about the wrong species of insect with a similar name).

Unlike your standard variety of ladybug beetle, the Asian multicoloureds are quite "dumb", and more pests than anything else. We've got a lot of them here, unfortunately. ): They're known for moving into houses, especially in the autumn, and living off things in there, instead of cleaning up the garden pests.

~pseudo-manitou Nov 20, 2008 Professional General Artist

correct

These things are still coating the windows of our establishments where I live. I don't know why the cold hasn't killed them.

~glowcat Nov 18, 2008 Professional Traditional Artist

LOL. Although I think these are harlequin bugs actually, not ladybugs

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~glowcat Nov 18, 2008 Professional Traditional Artist

drat. that's not right. anyhow they aren't precisely ladybugs. But fun nonetheless

~Rhino0 Nov 17, 2008 Student Filmographer

Yay! Pseudo likes ladybugs too!

~pseudo-manitou Nov 18, 2008 Professional General Artist

Don't be fooled -- not all of those beetles are ladybugs. Some of them are the knock-offs that are so stupid they bite everything they land on to see if it's food or not