LL-L "Literature" 2005.07.10 (01) [E]

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From: "Elsie Zinsser" <ezinsser at icon.co.za>
Subject: LL-L "Literature" 2005.07.09 (02) [E]

Hi all,

Thanks, Tom, I was not trying to give an entomological explanation of all
ladybirds on earth, but described the beneficial ladybird that we find in
South Africa, which is a bit smaller than a 'smartie' candy, red and
spotted white.

I'm sure Ben knows now what a ladybird is.

Regards,
Elsie Zinsser
As an entomologist Im must sat there's more to members of the Family
Coccinellidae than this.
Colour varies in species from yellow to orange to red and spots vary.
Imagine if your name was Coccinella septempunctatum. :-)
While some are, as Elsie says, of great benefit as predators others
are major pests of commercial plants.

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From: "Elsie Zinsser" <ezinsser at icon.co.za>
Subject: LL-L "Plants" 2005.07.08

Hi all,

I forgot to tell you that we call the ladybird in Afrikaans a "Liewe-Here
besie", i.e 'Dear Lord's beetle'.

Ron, aphids are kept by ants and 'milked' for their juices. Get rid of the
ants and the aphids also disappear. I do that by boiling tobacco or old
cigarette butts in water, add some oil to the mix and spray the plants
with the strained mixture. This does not kill the birds and the ants and
aphids go to the neighbours.

Cheerio,
Elsie Zinsser

>I've been told that, weirdly, they actually conduct something
like animal husbandry with aphids, keeping them to occasionally suck plant
juices out of them, before they kill them.  Or was that a different bug?

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