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Last Updated: Monday July 13 2009 10:34 GMT

Ladybirds invade American state

You may think ladybirds are cute when one or two of them fly into your garden, but imagine if thousands of them showed up.

That's what it's like in some parts of the American state of Colorado, where entire buildings and forests have been turned red.

A wet spring and an increase in the growth of plants and trees has attracted swarms to a mountain region called Jefferson County.

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