Coccinellidae  – the Latin family name for lady bugs as in

Succurro! Ego sum constipatus per Coccinellidae

(Help ! I’m surrounded by ladybugs)

Our entire house was covered inside and out with ladbugs today.. these cute little black spotted red beetles that were such a beautiful and rare marvel of my youth were swarming so thickly around our house that you had to run out the doors to keep from getting them in your hair (if you have hair).

 We used to get fly infestations like this in the fall.. sometime a few years back, the ladybugs took over and  transformed our walls into a crawling carpet of red polka dots for a couple of days each fall. Wouldn’t you know.. it’s just in time for our Halloween party on Saturday evening..  we have literally miles of fake spiderwebs throughout the house covered with live ladybugs.. you couldn’t pay for special effects like that !

See you at the party on Saturday… (or at the setup work party tomorrow night !).
Night folks.. night Sam !
-me