- 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.
![A LADYBUG crawls up a gaura to snack on aphids. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey) A LADYBUG crawls up a gaura to snack on aphids. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)](https://ucanr.edu/blogs/bugsquad/blogfiles/4303.jpg)
Tower of Aphids
![ROSE APHID is unaware that the ladybug is a predator. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey) ROSE APHID is unaware that the ladybug is a predator. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)](https://ucanr.edu/blogs/bugsquad/blogfiles/4306.jpg)
Eye to Eye
![LADYBUG devours an aphid on a gaura. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey) LADYBUG devours an aphid on a gaura. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)](https://ucanr.edu/blogs/bugsquad/blogfiles/4307.jpg)
Crunch Time
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