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This little fella, I’m reliably informed, is a 22-spot Harlequin ladybird. They’re non-preditory and ‘eat the mildews and other microscopic fungi that grow on plant tissues’. Quite rare apparently but often found wandering around in my cutting garden seedlings.
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NoooOoooo you have tagged it as a pest!! Love the blog and love thinkvitamin as well!
Another beautiful photo. You really are a terrific photographer.
Amazing photo – you have a real talent for close ups…
Okay – I can put him in Pests & Bugs instead. Happy now :)
Thanks for the nice words – I’d like to take all the credit but it’s really my macro lens that does all the hard work.
I thought you didn’t have a macro lens? ;)
That is such a lovely photograph. I love the colours.
Wow – I’ve never seen a bright yellow ladybird.
I love taking macro pictures of garden pests (oops, sorry chris – I mean garden insects).
Just like the others said, you do take a nice photo! I’m looking forward to seeing more of your blog.
Hmmm, couldn’t you get a closer photo? Next time I’d like to see the “mildews and other microscopic fungi” that the ladybird is eating.
:)
Excellent shot!
I haven’t seen anything as exotic as a 22-spotter but I did notice lots and lots of ladybirds about when I was tidying up my strawberry patch. Is it the time of year that they all ‘hatch’ or maybe they liked the cover of all the dead leaves and weeds?