Coccinellidae November depending on location and weather conditions. Homes or other buildings near fields or woods are particularly prone to infestation. After an abnormally long period of hot, dry weather in the summer of 1976 in the UK, a marked increase in the aphid population was followed by a "plague" of ladybirds, with many reports of people being bitten as the supply of aphids dwindled. The presence of coccinellids in grape harvests can cause ladybird taint in wines produced from the grapes. "Harmonia axyridis" (the harlequin ladybird) is an example of how an animal might be partly welcome and partly harmful.
A Feast in Time of Plague A Feast in Time of Plague A Feast in Time of Plague () is an 1830 play by Aleksandr Pushkin. The plot concerns a banquet in which the central figure taunts death with a toast "And so, O Plague, we hail thy reign!". The story is based on Act 1 of John Wilson's play "The City of Plague". The play was published in 1830 as one of four "Little Tragedies" (Malenkie tragedii ) together with "The Stone Guest" (Kamenny gost ); "Mozart and Salieri" (Motsart i Salyeri ) and "The Miserly Knight" (Skupoy rytsar ). All four of these plays