Hold the wings, please...

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Ken Ramos
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Hold the wings, please...

Post by Ken Ramos »

Or better yet, spit them out :lol:

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JoanYoung
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Post by JoanYoung »

What a great capture Ken!! :D Definitely a case of being in the right place at the right time.
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Roy Patience
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Post by Roy Patience »

Ken,

Really good shot! I guess that's why we buy containers full of ladybugs to spread through our gardens.

The composition and color and focus are great.

Roy

Ken Ramos
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Post by Ken Ramos »

Thanks Joan, Roy :D Yeah there are going to be quite a number of "Aphid skins" lying about, there seems to be quite a number of Lady Bugs around already this year. :D

Harold Gough
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Post by Harold Gough »

Well done, Ken.

Contrary to popular belief, it is much more difficult to get adult beetles to feed on aphids. At least it is with Coccinella septempunctata, and I had plenty of beetles available from my cultures.

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lauriek
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Post by lauriek »

Nice shot!!

They sell ladybird larvae for this purpose but I understood both the adults and the larae eat aphids. I've seen it on just one occasion (an adult ladybird chomping on an aphid!).

I've not seen too many adult ladybirds around here so far this year, and most of those I've seen are alien 'harlequin' species.

However I've got a couple of small silver birch trees in parkland near my house and they are /covered/ in ladybird larvae (no idea of the species), every other leaf I looked at had 1-3 tiny larvae on it!! I brought a few back to the garden as we've got quite a lot of aphids so far this year...

beetleman
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Post by beetleman »

Beautiful capture Ken. Very personal. It is probably a good way of getting them to stay still (my problem :wink: )
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