Posts Tagged: ladybug

An Aphid-Kind of Day

It was an aphid-kind of day. When a ladybug landed on a gaura in our bee friendly garden, it was business as usual. The business: eating aphids.The...

Tower of Aphids

A LADYBUG crawls up a gaura to snack on aphids. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Eye to Eye

ROSE APHID is unaware that the ladybug is a predator. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Crunch Time

LADYBUG devours an aphid on a gaura. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

'The Ladybug Shrub'

Our Artemisia, a silvery-leafed shrub bordering our bee friendly garden, looks quite orange and black these days.It's not for lack of water or some...

Ladybug

ADULT LADYBUG forages for aphids on a silvery-leafed shrub, Artemisia. A ladybug larva is at the far right. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Larval Stage

LARVAL STAGE of the ladybug. The ladybug goes through a complete metamorphosis: egg, larva, pupa and adult. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Pupa

PUPA of a ladybug on the silvery-leafed shrub, Artemisia. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Ladybug and a Pupa

ENCOUNTER--An adult ladybug encounters a pupa, the last stage before becoming an adult. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

The Ladybug and the Bee

It's not often you see a ladybug and a honey bee sharing the same plant.The ladybug, a predator in disguise, devours aphids like a kid does M&Ms....

Ladybug

LADYBUG claims a lavender spike. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Two's Company

A HONEY BEE lands on the same lavender occupied by a ladybug. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Together

A HONEY BEE sips nectar while the ladybug searches for aphids. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

What's Bugging the Ladybug?

It probably bugs her but it doesn't kill her. But why? An entomologist at the University of Montreal is investigating why parasitic wasps...

Ladybug

LADYBUG crawls on a leaf at the UC Berkeley Botanical Garden. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Close-up

CLOSE-UP of a ladybug in Vacaville, Calif., eating aphids. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Searching for More Aphids

LADYBUG searching for more aphids. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Ride 'em, Cowboy!

Lady beetles, aka ladybugs, eat lots of aphids. Did we say lots of aphids? Lots of aphids.  They have no portion control.  If you...

THE PREDATOR AND THE PREY--An aphid, like a cowboy on a bucking rodeo bull, rides a ladybug. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

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