Sure. They have exoskeletons. Doesn't that qualify?
  Q-Man
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> From: ronald noseworthy <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: 2003/11/04 Tue AM 09:21:26 EST
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Q-Man on bugs
>
> Hi, Everyone!
>
> May I ask a silly question?
>
> Is all this talk about bugs shell-related?
>
> Ron
>
>
> On Mon, 3 Nov 2003 23:27:17 -0500,
> [log in to unmask] wrote:
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> >
> > Dear Beth;-
> >  Absolutely right. It really is only in
> > recent years that the Fall infestation has
> > occured. They mostly invade south facing
> > rooms. They are also on screens---on the
> > outside trying to get in---and on the inside
> > trying to get out.
> >   We seem to regard them as rather likeable
> > critters, like fireflies---as opposed to
> > wasps, mosquitoes, flies and red ants.
> >    Art
> > >
> > > From: Pete F <[log in to unmask]>
> > > Date: 2003/11/03 Mon PM 04:08:06 EST
> > > To: [log in to unmask]
> > > Subject: Re: Q-Man on bugs
> > >
> > > Art,
> > >
> > > Here in Maine the standard lady beetle
> used
> > to be your basic red with one
> > > spot on each half of the carapace (sp?).
> > Now that organic gardening has
> > > become more popular  people are sending
> > away for lady beetle larvae to
> > > devour aphids, mites  etc that devastate
> > the flowers and vegetables.  I have
> > > heard that the species you get when you
> > mail order lady beetles is one from
> > > England that tends to gather in hordes in
> > the fall and enter houses in an
> > > effort to find safe winter digs.
> Certainly
> > these fall ladybug infestations
> > > are a recent occurence, within the last
> > 10-15 years. The most effective
> > > defense I have found so far are tight
> > windows and a dust buster vacuum to
> > > collect the ones that still find their way
> > inside.
> > >
> > > Beth DeHaas
> > > Whitefield, ME
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: <[log in to unmask]>
> > > To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > > Sent: Sunday, November 02, 2003 10:50 AM
> > > Subject: [CONCH-L] Q-Man on bugs
> > >
> > >
> > > > Is there an entymologist in the house?
> We
> > are honored each year at this
> > > time by thousands of Ladybug Beetles. --in
> > the house, south side.
> > > >   The Q is: they come in many shades.
> > They are red or orange. They have
> > > few, many, or no black spots at all. Does
> > such coloring indicate speciation?
> > > I doubt it, but I thought I'd leave it to
> > you experts.
> > > >    Q-Man
> > > >
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