Thursday, October 25, 2007

The problem: aphids and mites.

Manhattan's largest housing project -- the 80 acre Stuvyesant Town and Peter Cooper Village -- is infested with them. How to rid the complex of billions of aphids and mites?

The solution: ladybugs.

The complex has imported 750,000 ladybugs from Bozeman, Montana, to eat the aphids and mites.

Next: How to rid the complex of 750,000 ladybugs?

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