Obviously staged, they aren’t ever found outside of Kenyon dorm rooms

When you first got to Kenyon, you overall knew what to expect.  You’d done some research, decided on tentative clubs to join, and scoped out how much of a BAMF your roommate was gonna be.  You thought you were prepared, but nobody told you about the beetles.  They seem to be everywhere at once, Harmonia axyridis, an invasive beetle seeming deceptively like a ladybug but distinctly different looking in no way at all.  They were brought into America from Asia, being introduced to control the aphid pest population, but you don’t care about that because they’re gross and they stink and I hate’em.  There’s nothing worse than waking up to those black dots crawling across your ceiling and knowing that you are powerless to stop them.  But wait! You have me, the self-appointed Thrill pest control  expert!  And with my dastardly good looks and out of the box thinking, I’ll soon have you on your way to beetle independence.

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