I don't actually know what they are. They look like ladybugs, but everyone in Winterset assures us they are "Japanese beetle-type things." Apparently they stink and bite, but they haven't yet afflicted us in either way. But on sunny days they come out of nowhere and crawl all around the inside of my office window and in between the inner and outer window panes. I have been sucking them up with our vacuum because I hate touching any bugs, but then I have to empty them out of the filter later. So Ian used his shop vac to avoid filter problems. I am so grateful to have a strong man with a shop vac to rescue me from tiny beetles!
Anyway, pictures really are coming soon... I just still have to select the best ones.
Ewww. You should catch they and put them in a terrarium and then you'd have a beetle-farm and you could sell them to the local Vietnamese restaurant as a crunchy spice.
ReplyDeleteI bet the beetles are breeding in the shop-vac as we speak.
ReplyDeleteJapanese beetles are a pain!! They are eating my beautiful roses and birch tree.
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