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WIthout any expert knowledge, I would assume the ladybug is not following the line but the tip of the pen which probably resembles some smaller bug it is used to eating.
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So, basically paving a road with ink for the little bug to follow. I imagine a layer of ink looks a bit larger to them with moisture and a bonus scent to follow.
Wonder if anyone has tried a Ladybug rally? 
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Maybe Jerry is just getting high af sniffing the marker fumes.
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I believe it might work with ants as well, but not positive.
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Ladybugs will follow a random line
Will they not follow a nonrandom line?
How do they know the difference?
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There’d better be an aphid at the end of that line you cruel monster.
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I’ll bet its the scent of fresh ink, rather than the visible line that the ladybug is following.
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This was my guess as well.
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Adorable! 
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To be fair, this would almost certainly work on me, too.
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then it most certainly will work on the president as well .
The GOP and right wing followers in miniature.
Just like getting those mimeographed pages in class and all the school work would take a pause while we all buried our noses in the paper and got high on the carbon tetrachloride.
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Miraculous.
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Yes it does. We had an entomologist show how you could get ants to follow a pen line at a storytime one day. They seem to like the smell of the ink.
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