Posts Tagged: lady beetles

Walking the Line

Some folks like to watch the grass grow, flowers bloom, or clouds drift. Others just like to sit back and look for insects. We spotted this...

Seven-spotted lady beetle on a California fuchsia. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Seven-spotted lady beetle on a California fuchsia. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Lady beetle searching for some tasty aphids. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Lady beetle searching for some tasty aphids. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Lady beetle pauses on mid-stem. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Lady beetle pauses on mid-stem. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Ladies (and Men) in Red

Two ladybugs, aka lady beetles, circled their little house, a 1.5-inch plastic container punctured with air holes. Up. Down. Down. Up. In a way, they...

Ladybug devouring an aphid on a rose bush. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Ladybug devouring an aphid on a rose bush. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Love in the Fava Beans

It was lovely day today, in more ways than one.During the lunch hour, we stopped by the Häagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven on Bee Biology Road, University...

Ladybugs in the fava beans at the Haagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Ladybugs in the fava beans at the Haagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Soon the Haagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven will have a new generation of ladybugs. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Soon the Haagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven will have a new generation of ladybugs. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Ladybugs doing what comes naturally. Fava bean blossoms are at the right. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Ladybugs doing what comes naturally. Fava bean blossoms are at the right. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A sole ladybug, aka lady beetle, crawls past a pair of the beetles. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A sole ladybug, aka lady beetle, crawls past a pair of the beetles. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

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)

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)

The ladybug's coloring warns "Leave me alone!" (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A ladybug on the prowl. (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)

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 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)

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)

Jerusalem cricket is often mistaken for a pest. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

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