I was trimming a bush recently...

[Siphorous]

Thorny...

...taking great pains to ensure any ladybirds (ladybugs for those over the other side of the pond) caught on the cuttings made it to freedom rather than confined in a big plastic rubbish bag.

I managed to give about 6 or 7 the great escape and then I had to drive to meet a friend.

As I was doing so, I felt something crawling up my leg above my knee...

Wtih a reflex action, I squeezed and a slight brown patch appeared in my denim jeans.

Spider I thought. I had to keep driving and eventually when I got out and shook my leg, you can guess what it was.

I guess nature decided 8 free ladybirds were too many :nod:

 

[USF Sam]

Damn it... at first I thought this was in the UG.

Bummer...

 

[skyblue]

way too early to be trimming shrubs back

 

[AUFred]

So you made a brown stain in your trousers. :24:

 

[freakofnature]

So you made a brown stain in your trousers. :24:

Siph was pretty creative with the explaination too. :nod:

:24:

 

[Siphorous]

way too early to be trimming shrubs back

Not so much a shrub but a bush that takes over - horrible thing unless kept short. Nearby there's roses so I wanted to clear it

So you made a brown stain in your trousers. :24:

Of course. I am not a spider fan and although I like ladybirds, I was... relieved... when I shook my leg

 

[AUFred]

I am not a fan of spiders. I found a black widow in my boat the other day when I was loading it to go fishing. Needless to say we had a parting of ways with her being departed.

 

[AstriaPorta]

started to clean some weeds out of the garden yesterday and i don't even bother to see what goes in the plastic bag

i know am bad

 

[darkangel]

Siph, thats kind of a sad but funny story. At least it wasn't a bee in your trousers. Can you imagine that?!?!?

 

[Keight]

Poor lady beetle!

Lucky it wasnt a spider, imagine it decided to bite you before you squished it?

Ooooh thats right its only our country that has the deadly ones... nvm carry on lol

 

[satinbutterfly]

I find I can't respond without being dirty... so I'm going to just be good and say nothing.

 

[AstriaPorta]

Poor lady beetle!

Lucky it wasnt a spider, imagine it decided to bite you before you squished it?

Ooooh thats right its only our country that has the deadly ones... nvm carry on lol

funny is you don't really think about it

:24:

 

[Peter Parka]

If they were harlequin ladybird, you'd have been best to squash them on sight.:nod:

http://www.ladybird-survey.org/harlequin.aspx