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harmonia axyridis
Ladybug guarding eggs
Shrubs,houses,plants
Spotted on May 6, 2010
Submitted on Sep 7, 2010
6 Comments
The ladybug wasnt brooding the eggs, she recently laid them and I guess was resting before she flew away.
You should consider adding this to the Brooding Behavior in Insects mission.
nice !
No those are her eggs I watched her earlier in the day lay them. We have native ladybugs too, the thing is my shrubs are full of aphids being I use no pesticides, so ladybugs and mantids are abundant and I see lots of ladybug species.
Probably eating some other ladybug's eggs. Those invasive Asian Ladybugs are mean.
Asian Ladybug