Posts Tagged: lady beetles
Luck Be a Lady
Photographers never tire of capturing images of ladybugs, aka lady beetles.First of all, they're beneficial insects. You know when you photograph...
Ladybug, aka lady beetle, searching for aphids. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The ladybug's coloring warns "Leave me alone!" (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A ladybug on the prowl. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
What's That Bug?
If you don't know what it is, don't kill it. That insect in your garden could very well be a beneficial insect. If you operate on the...
Praying mantis with remnants of a meal. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
This is an immature ladybug (aka lady beetle). (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
This male Valley carpenter bee is a pollinator, not a pest. The female Valley carpenter bee is solid black. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Jerusalem cricket is often mistaken for a pest. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
They're Out There
Ladybugs, aka ladybird beetles, are out there.Walk through the garden and they're easy to find.Last weekend we spotted one tucked in the heart of an...
Ladybug looking for food on an artichoke. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Ladybug munching aphids on the limb of a nectarine tree. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Ladybug looking for aphids in all the right places. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The Love Bugs
"You can never be too rich, too young, too blonde or too thin," a quote often attributed to Wallis Simpson, Duchess of Windsor.Well, you can never...
Ladybugs and soldier beetles--along with aphids--on a plum tree. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Fast-moving soldier beetle crawls toward a pair of ladybugs on a plum tree. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Ladybug eggs mean more ladybugs. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Why We Love Ladybugs
There's a good reason why lady beetles, aka ladybugs, are prevalent this time of year: aphids.Ladybugs, from the family Coccinellidae, are actually...
Two ladybugs converging on a plum tree leaf. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Aphids covering a rosebud. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)