Ladybirds
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gentlegreen
I hummus, therefore I am ...
A ridiculously small one landed on my arm in the park. I took lots of photos just to be sure ...
frogwoman
No amount of cajolery...
Looks like a 10 spot.
Epona
Radar 2006-2020, Sonic 2006-2022, Jakey 2007-2024
If it's any consolation, I've been seeing them round here, but then I do go seeking them out as part of my biodiversity monitoring!
I've seen some harlequins (invasive species), some 7 spots, a couple of 2 spots, and a 14 spot - they are the ones that look all Aztec geometric in their patterns.
StoneRoad
heckling from the back!
I'm pretty sure that I saw a 7-spot in the greenhouse this morning, when I went in there to open the vent.
When I turned around to look properly for it, it had gone again ...
If I find it again, it has a job, my rambling rose has a few greenflies on some of the new buds ...
[otherwise that'll get washed tonight, when the sun's off it]
When I turned around to look properly for it, it had gone again ...
If I find it again, it has a job, my rambling rose has a few greenflies on some of the new buds ...
[otherwise that'll get washed tonight, when the sun's off it]
seeformiles
Lost in the wood
Lots of ladybirds at various stages of development in the garden this morning. Could be a repeat of the summer of ‘76? Aphids beware!
MrSki
Who am I to say you're wrong
Seen a few and the aphids have certainly reduced on my roses over the last week or two.
Edit to add I can remember as a kid in 76 & being in East Anglia somewhere & going down a wooded coastal path which had steps going down that were carpeted in ladybirds & you could not help squashing them to get down. There were shed loads.
seeformiles
Lost in the wood
I thought the ladybirds were brilliant that summer. We all tried to see how many we could get to walk on our hands. I also got sunburn for the first time.Seen a few and the aphids have certainly reduced on my roses over the last week or two.
Edit to add I can remember as a kid in 76 & being in East Anglia somewhere & going down a wooded coastal path which had steps going down that were carpeted in ladybirds & you could not help squashing them to get down. There were shed loads.
StoneRoad
heckling from the back!
and in a personal first, a cream spot [when I first found them, they were very busy making more lady-bugs - after I got this image, I let them back out in the area of the garden they came from].
oaw - cream-spot ladybird par StoneRoad2013, on ipernity
e2a - info here Calvia quatuordecimguttata - Wikipedia
can I just stick to "cream spot" ?
oaw - cream-spot ladybird par StoneRoad2013, on ipernity
e2a - info here Calvia quatuordecimguttata - Wikipedia
can I just stick to "cream spot" ?
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frogwoman
No amount of cajolery...
Yup
StoneRoad
heckling from the back!
Another recent first for me was finding an "eyed ladybird" in the garden
en.wikipedia.org
[will be here in a bit oaw[I] - Insects & spiders {other than bees/wasps & lepidoptera} when I've uploaded the images]
Anatis ocellata - Wikipedia
[will be here in a bit oaw[I] - Insects & spiders {other than bees/wasps & lepidoptera} when I've uploaded the images]
frogwoman
No amount of cajolery...
Cream streaked ladybird larva looks almost the exact same as the harlequin larva except it has 2 pale spikes and not 4
frogwoman
No amount of cajolery...
It's the 4 spotted form apparently, but the spots are on the edge of the Ladybird. I had to ask to confirm id because it looked as if it had recently emerged and I wasn't 100% sure.
