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Jeff Wisnia[_9_]

wrote:
Great story!!

And last nite it happened again. Don't know why the ladybugs favor that
part of a table lamp. Might be they are going for the warmth coming from
the lit bulb.

This time the lamp was being turned off and on intermittently every 5 or
ten seconds. I looked down at the socket and the ladybug was crawling in
a circle around the top edge of the socket shell. when its inside legs
touched the top of the threaded socket the touch switch was triggered.

The ladybug didn't seem affected, it just kept crawling around the
socket until I removed it.

IIRC I've heard of insects triggering some types of smoke detectors too.

Jeff

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Jeffry Wisnia
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