<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/a645fcb1-861a-4da6-b3ca-49dff0bb6200/C06FC1D4-7703-4C2D-A9ED-0A7BF22A5CD3/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.ceh.ac.uk/news/news_archive/2009_news_item_39.html" href="http://www.ceh.ac.uk/news/news_archive/2009_news_item_39.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.ceh.ac.uk</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.ceh.ac.uk/news/news_archive/2009_news_item_39.html">Mobile phones at the ready for Autumn ladybird invasion</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.ceh.ac.uk/news/news_archive/2009_news_item_39.html"><SPAN class="imgBox"><IMG width="229" hspace="10" height="170" alt="Harlequins and 2-spot ladybirds on windowsill to wait out the winter" src="http://www.ceh.ac.uk/news/news_archive/images/ladybirds_sill.jpg" /> Harlequins and 2-spot ladybirds <BR /><DIV> on a windowsill to wait out the winter</DIV> </SPAN></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.ceh.ac.uk/news/news_archive/2009_news_item_39.html">As ladybirds crawl into our homes for the winter, scientists have called for more photos to be sent in to the UK Ladybird Survey to help track the harlequin ladybird invasion</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.ceh.ac.uk/news/news_archive/2009_news_item_39.html">Now, she said, was the ideal opportunity to send in photographs to help monitor the harlequin invasion as ladybirds are mostly inactive during the winter months and some species, such as the harlequin, spend the cold period in buildings – often in large numbers</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.ceh.ac.uk/news/news_archive/2009_news_item_39.html">harlequin, native to Asia, was introduced to North America and continental Europe as a biological control agent because it eats more pest insects than any other ladybird. 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