A very small visitor

[cowgrrl]

Last night as I was just getting ready to get into bed I noticed a small pebble on my bed, or what I thought was a small pebble (I'd taken my glasses off). As I got close to brushing it off the bed I realized it was a lady bug! I grabbed a small piece of paper and easily scooted the lady bug onto it, then took it into the living room while talking to the lady bug in my little girl voice saying "oh, hello ladybug! What where you doing in my bed?" or something like that. This morning the ladybug is who-knows-where in my apartment.

If it had been any other type of insect (with the exception of cute-and-fuzzy-caterpillars) I'd have been going EEW ITS A BUG! What's up with that? Is it a girl thing?

Comments

[maymorning.livejournal.com]

I'm like about spiders. I love to talk to them, "hey Spid, what are you doing there silly thing"!. I talk to ladybirds too and am just starting to get interested in shield bugs, thanks to my daughter.

[cowgrrl.livejournal.com]

I'm not crazy about spiders and prefer to keep a respectful distance from them. :)

[oneagain.livejournal.com]

Did you see my post on lady bug medicine?
http://oneagain.livejournal.com/113567.html#cutid1

[cowgrrl.livejournal.com]

I missed that one. What a wonderful article about lady bugs! Thanks!

[n2kaja.livejournal.com]

I once had a dragonfly in the house
It was amazing.
A lady bug would be wonderful too!

[cowgrrl.livejournal.com]

Oh! Dragonflies are very pretty!

[labyris.livejournal.com]

There are lots of neat bugs: dragonflies, butterflies, lady bugs, spiders, daddy long legs, moths, honey bees. . . . . I only dislike the ones that can hurt me, mainly bees and wasps and biting ants and horse flies, as I am allergic to bees and wasps. Well, I don't much care for aphids either, or spittle bugs . . . .

[cowgrrl.livejournal.com]

True, but I wouldn't want most of them in my home. Especially bees (because they can sting) and moths, because whenever I see a moth indoors I wonder if my wool sweaters are being chewed on, or if moths have gotten into my grains. (again)

Butterflies, of course are wonderful. :-)

[roaming.livejournal.com]

Ladybugs are said to bring "good luck" if you have them in your home, so perhaps subconsciously you know about this myth and feel blessed? :-) Or maybe the word "lady" makes you think you can't squoosh it, it wouldn't be "ladylike"! ;-P

I don't have a thing about bugs. We've got tons o' spiders in the house, and I don't mind as long as I'm not waking through their webs. I do have to destroy a few now and then -- webs, not spiders -- and I tell them "Hey, Charlotte*, not here, go find some remote corner, 'kay. This is my space. Besides, you won't catch anything good to eat in this corner."

The big black ants are another thing. They are marching all over the place, coming out of the compost bucket and the garbage. (Okay, my fault for having a tasty compost bucket near the sink. I empty it every day, but still they find it while it's full.) I admit whenever it gets to be too much I squoosh 'em real quick so they don't know what hit 'em. I find when I've done that for a day or two, I suddenly don't see any. I think word gets out there's a vicious giant in the kitchen, stay away.

[cowgrrl.livejournal.com]

No, I'd never heard about ladybugs bringing good luck, but I've always liked them (since childhood.) I'm ok about most bugs as long as they're outdoors. I'm not too keen on sharing my home with them.

Big black ants: big EEW!

[plumtreeblossom.livejournal.com]

I love ladybugs. A few months ago one visited the underside of my glass-top balcont table, and I got to see what they look like underneath!

[cowgrrl.livejournal.com]

My ladybug was an unusual color: light brown (instead of the usual red).

[cluelessinchi.livejournal.com]

Are you sure it was not one of those Chinese beetles that I had heard so much about in the spring? They bite though.

[cowgrrl.livejournal.com]

I just googled those Chinese beetles - nope, it wasn't one of them! My bug was definitely a ladybug, just wearing the latest fall colors. :-)

Oh, and now I have a moth, which is much less exciting.

[cluelessinchi.livejournal.com]

That is kewl! I am glad about that!
yeah moths are less exciting especially if it just one of those white little ones. I have seen some beautiful moths though.

[cluelessinchi.livejournal.com]

I normally get territorial about bugs in my house but I had heard that ladybugs meant good luck. If they land on your shirt it is a sign of good luck and if they are in your house it is a larger sign. I normally try to find they to set them free but that is not always easy since I do not speak ladybug and they do not understand my intentions.

[xo-kizzy-xo.livejournal.com]

I like bugs. I even like watching nasty hornets and wasps as long as I'm separated from them by a window ;)

I've always gotten a kick out of bumblebees. They're so fat and bottom-heavy that it's a miracle they can buzz around like they do.

Ladybugs are supposed to be good luck. If one lands on me, I try to keep it on me as long as possible.

An old wives' tale: Killing a spider means it'll rain. One of my elementary school teachers told me that. Ever since then, if a spider appears out of nowhere, I'll coax it onto a piece of paper or something and put it back outside.

As for centipedes -- EEEEK! But all those legs fascinate me.

[cowgrrl.livejournal.com]

I don't like to kill spiders, or any insects for that matter. Except cockroaches. I've had way too much experience with them and hope to never have them in my home EVER again!

[xo-kizzy-xo.livejournal.com]

There but for the grace of god go I...I've never, ever had an issue with cockroaches except for the time I was in the restaurant biz. Never saw any in any store I've worked in either. Rats, yes (don't ask -- this was a long time ago). Cockroaches, no.

But yeah, I'd put them up there with centipedes. The only fascinating thing about a cockroach is that it'd probably survive a nuclear holocaust *shudder*

[verucas-chaos.livejournal.com]

We get Lady Bugs sometimes too. I have no idea from whence they come!

[cathawk.livejournal.com]

oh, it's so true...I do think that's a girl thing, too.