Some Ladybirds

Lord Vetinari

A few recent ladybird shots- they are beginning to wakeup
Brian V.

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wally5656

Such wonderful sharpness and color. I like the last one because it is unusually colored. I admire your work and aspire to someday be 1/2 as good.

Awais Yaqub

lovely loved them

Skippy

Lord Vetinari wrote:

A few recent ladybird shots- they are beginning to wakeup
Brian V.

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Those are brilliant Brian, the variet of lady bird bugs we have in Australia are very very very tiny.
The ones I saw in USA were almost 2x's the size of the one in my area.

I don't know if you ever had them in the UK but we used to have a chocolate in Australia in the shape of a lady bird and it was called
a "Bertie Beetle" now those were real nice, can't say I have seen them
in the stores for years, maybe they dont make them anymore

Thanks for sharing....... Skippy
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Lord Vetinari

Thanks for the comments everyone- very much appreciated
Skippy- we have quite a few different types and sizes. That's just increased by about 4 with the harlequin ladybird invasion (comes in 4 different colour forms).
Thought for a minute you were talking about chocolate covered ladybirds (like the chocolate covered locusts you can get)
Brian V.

schmoo

I am always stunned when I see your photos! I never really thought much about macros before LV came into my life!

These bugs look more like hungry little people than anything else! And the texture of their shells... amazing.

Maestro

Awesome as usual!

Lord Vetinari

Thanks for the kind comments schmoo and maestro - much appreciated
Brian

ColMofed

Fantastic captures! The first is great for the shear size in the frame and the detail, but my fav is #3. I once spent a summer watching the larvae roam around in the garden before attaching themselves to the sunny side of a low wall. After a few days (it may have been longer) they emerged from their cocoon as ladybirds. Was great to watch as, until that point, I had no idea what they were.

Rod.

Lord Vetinari

ColMofed wrote:

Fantastic captures! The first is great for the shear size in the frame and the detail, but my fav is #3. I once spent a summer watching the larvae roam around in the garden before attaching themselves to the sunny side of a low wall. After a few days (it may have been longer) they emerged from their cocoon as ladybirds. Was great to watch as, until that point, I had no idea what they were.

Rod.

Thanks Rod - they are great to watch when they are trying to snatch aphids being guarded by ants
Brian v.