Ladybird and their Lava

That was a very interesting blog,I never knew any of that, thank you.:o))

how on earth have you managed to capture all these pictures, its incredible, something I never knew either, I can't believe the stages of growth you have here, obviously you are a very talented man, and very patient

thanks tulsa :-)) ,, Thanks Yorkshire i had some photo's earlier last month but i have so many of them here that they are all at different stages so i was lucky really.. :-)

That is wonderful,Surreylad..I never knew this either..thank you for sharing it with us :o)

Thanks Bloomer it was my pleasure :-)

Absolutely marvelous blog, although I love all the gardning bogs it's wonderful to have something as interesting as this to view and read. I had just presumed a ladybird hatched as a ladybird. Well I never!

Very educating.

Wow Surrey. Great shots. Especially the one of the ladybird emerging from it's casing. I found some ladybird eggs yesterday on one of my roses. I hope they didn't get washed away in yesterdays storm!!

Wonderful set of pics with great explanation ... now if you could send some down to me I'd be grateful! Horrible grey aphids all over Honeysuckle buds. : o ((

brilliant,love ladybirds,hence the name

Thanks Coshad, Teds. Hi Gilli fingers crossed the eggs are still there for you..thanks Shirley not sure they would like the trip by royal mail :-) aphids are my pet hate...thanks ladybug, love the name too :-)

Fascinating blog, I have never seen that before, or if I have then I`ve forgotten, I s`pose if I`m honest I also thought the baby would look like the adult,"duh"..... It does look a bit creepy.....

great blog and pictures

We had a bush full last year, and the kids kept picking them off,but I managed to stop them quickly.

I heard that many peoople mistake them for garden pests as they look like foes and have no resemblence to their parents.

It's nice to see your step by step pics, and it always pleases me to see the larvae around here. I leave well alone, unless they have taken up residence on a dead plant or I find the crawling around the floor or walls in the house.

I always manage to relocate them safely.

Thanks for sharing.

Thanks Madabout, thanks Lincslass they do look formidable don't they :-),, thanks Alextb we've had hundreds here my daughter put some in my hanging baskets out of harms way which was handy as they had aphids on them...

Excellent Blog - nice you did this - so interesting to see how it came about - great pics throughout its cycle

Thanks Paul, it was fun to do it :-)

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Well, the eggs are still there but the entire cane was snapped off at the bottom. :o(

There is enough of a connection left that the cane is still alive so I've propped it up until the eggs hatch then I'll cut it off.

I'll post a pic of the eggs for you....

that would be great thanks Gilli, :-)

Great blog Surreylad, absolutely fascinating.

Thanks Annie :-)

Fascinating blog :o)))

Thanks Terra :-))

Thanks to this blog I was able to I.D. a couple of these on the lid of the compost bin & move them over to the Honeysuckle. Hopefully they'll grow up on a diet of aphids ... lol! Thanks Surreylad. : o ))

Glad to help Shirley, thanks for looking :-)

Fascinating...learn something new everytime I log onto this site! Really well explained and your fotos are amazing!! :-)

thanks Jeanette :-)

Great shots great to catch the one leaving its old skin bit like a snake shedding, my son in law just arrived back to day from skegness and he said they were like locus up there thousands of them all over the beach and the frount in clusters like mounds.

Thanks sixpence, blimey i suppose they are getting ready for the winter, i've heard they gather in groups to over winter....

Ahrr that would explain then when my son in law asked a lady said they had a lot of white and black fly down there then came the lady birds by the droves.

Ahh :-))

:o)))