Lady birds

Ladybugs are called ladybirds in the U.K. and Ireland. They are also sometimes called Lady Cows. I call them "the enemy" and as of late I have been obsessed with sucking them up with my trusty sidekick (aka my shop vac). Hands down, the shop vac is every farm wife's bestie! 

The ladybirds are around the farmhouse all year but are out of control in the spring! I can suck up all the ladybirds I can find and as soon as the shop vac is put away.... I see twenty more! My solution...not putting away the shop vac. Yes, we have all tripped over the obnoxiously long, orange extension cord connected to the shop vac but there have been no serious injuries...yet ( please pray for us!)

These ladybugs, which are actually beetles, are everywhere.  One particularly bad night involved me getting dive bombed by them in bed (as they are attracted by the light of my computer). One got stuck in my hair and I found another one crawling in my armpit! Nasty!

My only joy comes from sucking them into my vacuum cleaner or picking them off me and flicking them across the room  (they make an odd noise when their outer shell hits the wall or the wooden floor). 

I know this blog paints me in a very non "lady" like light, chucking and sucking beetles up whenever I can, but these bugs have the entire farm...the house is mine!

The black little dots...the enemy!

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