LADYBIRD LADYBIRD

[pipit]

please don't fly away home

[Dave McCormick]

Great adybird shots. They are cool subjects to photo, maybe cause there is so many!

[pipit]

i only found 2 in my garden last year even though mr p built me a ladybird house :(
let's hope there's plenty this year :)

[MrSeedy]

I'm not seeing the high numbers I usually see here, or at least for the Asian ones in spring, and I think perhaps they're prone to dieing in really harsh winters, and the populations will drop for that summer and fall. They do winter over usually, but those actual temperatures may determine how successful they are in a particular winter!

[mla2ofus]

Neat Pictures!

[sweetpea]

Nice photos ~ I collect lady bugs :) Well...not real one's ..lol
Now that you all mention it I have not seen many here yet?

Pipit,can you post a pic of your ladybug house?
I've never seen one...but I'm certain I need one :D

[pipit]

mr pipit made this for me out of an old log in 2005 but you can buy them from petshops & garden centres
the cheapest i've seen is £20

[Paula Roberts]

I know where all yall's lady bugs are. At my house. In my house last summer. I was freaking out last july/august. Wondering what it meant when you had ladybugs coming in (other than that my window's must not be to tight) and me finding them all over my window sills. Good thing i like them. But, in Florida, when you are in the water and a school of fish come swimming by, and all of a sudden then stop at your feet - its usually cuz there is a baracuda or shark chasing them.and they want to hide behind you. . . So what was chasing those ladybugs in my house i ask ya.

:p