I know it is winter and ladybugs should not be flying around. Well, they are – inside my house. Ladybugs of all sizes. Have you ever seen a baby ladybug? I never have seen one until now. They are in love with my house plants, to bad there are no bugs on them.

I am not sure where they are coming from, either under the window or the vents, but regardless, they only last a few days since I have no food supply for them. Many die entering the house, others fly around and end up dying at the doors. I actually feel bad because no matter what, they can’t survive.

I know I had tons of ladybugs when I first moved in and I thought they were living in the crawl space under the house, but these ladybugs are keeping warm somehow, so that leads me to wonder – are they in my heating ducts? I don’t know, but I sure do have a ton of them.

My daughter loves them and actually she has quite a few in her room on her own plants. She has named them! Then when they die, we flush them as a way to say goodbye. She would rather flush then throw away.

I, on the other hand, do it the easy way since I have so many that die around the windows and doors – I just vacuum them up. Quick – viola! But, anyway just rambling on.

I decided today, since I share my home with ladybugs that maybe I should find out a bit about them. I found a site called Garden & Hearth and they offer a a list of 10 Ladybug facts. One really surprised me. Did you know there are around 5,000 species of ladybugs? I didn’t either! Of those 5,000 – 500 are in the United States alone.

Thought I would share. Time to keep reading!