Posts Tagged: The Lost Ladybug Project

They're Out There

Ladybugs, aka ladybird beetles, are out there.Walk through the garden and they're easy to find.Last weekend we spotted one tucked in the heart of an artichoke, another climbing a nectarine tree, and still another perched on an artichoke leaf.They're...

Ladybug looking for food on an artichoke. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Ladybug looking for food on an artichoke. (Photo

Ladybug munching aphids on the limb of a nectarine tree. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Ladybug munching aphids on the limb of a nectarine tree. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Ladybug looking for aphids in all the right places. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Ladybug looking for aphids in all the right places. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Seeing Spots

If you spot a ladybug, don't just start reciting "Ladybug, ladybug, fly away home." Aim, click and shoot. With a camera, that is. Agricultural Research Service scientists and entomologists at Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y., and South Dakota State...

A ladybug crawls along the leaf of a Russian sage. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A ladybug pupa on Russian sage. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

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