An Aphid-Kind of Day

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Happenings in the insect world

Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Published on: June 28, 2010

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 rose aphids sucking the plant juices from the tender shoot didn't last long.

This is why ladybugs are known as "beneficial insects."

You gotta love those ladybugs.

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)

Tags: aphid (4), gaura (3), lady beetle (27), ladybug (28)

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