Interesting about the ladybugs. Thanks for the info, OQ!

My take: I think these animal/fish/bird/insect unusual swarms and deaths are a sign...but like all signs, looking for a straight forward physical explanation doesn't pan out. Is it magnetic fields, underwater changes (oil spills, underwater volcanos), solar flares/radiation, etc.?

And what is causing the earthquakes...is it underground lava movement, pole shift, magnetics, haarp, alien interventions, etc.? There seem to be no straight forward answers. Just signs that flow by for us to notice and wake-up that we are in the midst of a big change...or that's what I think of it all at the moment.