freshly pupated ladybird
By Seaburngirl
- 28 Jun, 2019
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Well you learn something every day. when they emerge from their pupae they are yellow and spot-less. Bit like Dalmatians.
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Well well....we are all getting an education on here tonight! Lovely too.
28 Jun, 2019
I dint know that. Were you waiting for it to emerge?
28 Jun, 2019
No I was picking up pots that had been blown around and it was on the pot. I wondered what beetle it was and when I consulted my books and my daughter, this is what we came up with.
same with dragonflies and damsels, when they emerge they are dull brown and their colour develops over a couple of hours/days depending on the species.
29 Jun, 2019
I keep finding Ladybird larvae in the garden ... funny looking things!
1 Jul, 2019
they are weird aren't they. I have lots too, sadly that also means lots of greenfly but hey the blue tits and wrens are also filling their beaks to feed their offspring with them.
1 Jul, 2019
I need to educate our garden birds in eating slugs and snails as today I found a Heliopsis scabra Summer Sun, planted in April, is nothing but a skinny stem now . . . :o(
1 Jul, 2019
I didn't know that either , its good to learn something new ..
5 Jul, 2019
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Hi Eileen, I didn't know that either, I've only ever seen them with spots, Derek.
28 Jun, 2019