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What's for Lunch?

What's for lunch? If you're a lady beetle (aka ladybug), a good bet is you'll have one of those yummy, plant-sucking aphids. In fact, you'll eat your fill.  Please do. Today we walked behind the Life Sciences Building on the UC Davis campus and...

Lady beetle, aka ladybug, devouring an aphid. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Lady beetle, aka ladybug, devouring an aphid. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Lady beetle, aka ladybug, devouring an aphid. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Predator and the prey. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Predator and the prey. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Predator and the prey. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey

Saturated. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Saturated. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Saturated. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Posted on Friday, January 17, 2014 at 9:17 PM
Tags: aphids (52), brittlebush (3), Encelia farinosa (2), lady beetle (27), ladybirds (1), ladybug (28)

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