Posts Tagged: ladybugs

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)

Mother's Day Delight

Mother's Day, insect-style, dawned like any other day. In our back yard, golden honey bees foraged in the lavender and those ever-so-tiny sweat bees...

Italian honey bee foraging on lavender. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Italian honey bee foraging on lavender. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Sweat bee (genus Lasioglossum) visiting rock purslane. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Sweat bee (genus Lasioglossum) visiting rock purslane. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Ladybug, aka lady beetle, chasing aphids. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Ladybug, aka lady beetle, chasing aphids. (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)

Ladybugs and soldier beetles--along with their prey, 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)

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)

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)

LADYBUGS converging on a plum tree leaf. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Aphids covering a rosebud. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Aphids covering a rsoebud. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

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