Posts Tagged: lady bug
Cucumber Beetle.
By Denise Seghesio Levine, UC Master Gardener of Napa County Most of us have warm,...
Here's a cucumber beetle (UC ANR)
Lady beetle, aka ladybug (UC ANR)
Lady beetles come in spotted and spotless versions. (UC ANR)
And here's a cucumber beetle having lunch--or maybe dinner (UC ANR)
Lady Beetles: The First Ladies of the Garden Having a Ball
See those red spots on your milkweed seed pods? Lady beetles (aka ladybugs or "garden heroes") are...
A lady beetle feasts on aphids on a milkweed plant, Gomphocarpus physocarpus, also known as balloon-plant milkweed or hairy balls. Note the spiky hairs. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Peek-a-boo? Or peek-a-beetle? A lady beetle, resplendent in red, crawls through the spiky hairs of milkweed seed pods. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Hurry! A lady beetle snags aphids on a milkweed seed pod, while other aphids try to escape (far right). (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Ladybug, Ladybug, Fly Away Home!
Ladybug! Ladybug!Fly away home.Your house is on fireAnd your children are gone. How many...
The Hitchhiker
Oleander aphids, those cartoonish-looking yellow insects with black legs and cornicles, are...
A lady beetle picks up a hitchhiker, an oleander aphid. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
One on the back and one in the mouth. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The oleander aphid maintains its hold on the back of its predator, a lady beetle. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The lady beetle prepares for take-off, with the oleander aphid still clinging to its back. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Christmas Bug
If there ever were a Christmas bug, it would be the ladybug, aka lady beetle. The insects (family...
Ladybug on gardener's glove
Christmas bug