Ladybirds have mounted their biggest invasion of the British Isles since the long, hot summer of 1976.
Tens of millions of the insects have thrived here on a bumper crop of their favourite food, aphids.
Others flew over from the Continent as supplies there ran out. The red and black swarms are sending families running for cover.
One of the worst affected areas is Norfolk, where one woman in the seaside resort of Cromer found her canary yellow VW Beetle had attracted the bugs - which probably mistook it for a giant flower.
Some holidaymakers fled the area after finding their bright clothing proved irresistible.
Nearby in Bacton-on-Sea, people staying at a caravan park were shutting themselves inside to avoid the ladybirds - though often without success.
'They keep coming in through vents or windows or through doors and people get an influx inside their accommodation,' said Anna Hollis, of Castaways Holiday Park.
An estimated ten million ladybirds also descended on Chard, Somerset, covering every inch of a 20-acre farm
source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1204864/Plague-ladybirds-puts-families-flight-Holidaymakers-overrun-tens-millions-bugs.html
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