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Convergent Ladybugs

Hippodamia convergens

Description:

There are so many ladybugs hibernating in Redwood Regional Park, Oakland, CA. They hibernate in the park every year and this is the first time I have seen them. Really amazing!

Habitat:

Along the Stream Trail, Redwood Regional Park, Oakland, CA

Notes:

In the western United States, these beetles may spend up to nine months hibernating in large aggregations in mountain valleys, far from their aphid food sources. In spring, the adults spread out and search for suitable sites to lay their eggs where aphids are plentiful. This dispersal trait is especially marked in this species as compared to other lady beetles.

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21 Comments

misako
misako 10 years ago

Thank you Mayra and Mona! This is the first time I saw this converging behavior.

Mona Pirih
Mona Pirih 10 years ago

wow

MayraSpringmann
MayraSpringmann 10 years ago

WWOOWWWW! Is an invasion!

misako
misako 11 years ago

Yes, it was quite a site MarianaGouveia!

misako
misako 11 years ago

Thank you Patty--it is an amazing site.

patty
patty 11 years ago

I had never seen so many of them together, lovely.

misako
misako 11 years ago

THank you YukoChartraw and Gilma!

misako
misako 11 years ago

Thank you @williefromwi: The lady bugs overwinter in the park every year and there were thousands of them scattered along the trail. Really incredible.

misako
misako 11 years ago

Thank you António--it was an amazing site.

Yes... Amazing...Lucky you!!

YukoChartraw
YukoChartraw 11 years ago

This spotting is truly amazing!

williefromwi
williefromwi 11 years ago

Now that is what I call a LadyBug Convention. I had a friend who once had a good portion of one outside wall of his house covered with them. There had to be several thousand of them. The most I ever saw in one place at one time. I did not have a camera with me at the time, it was in a farming community, and they were drawn to the house because of the warmer temperature of the wall and the cold temperatures of the air. Your photo reminds me of that day several years ago when I saw more lady bugs in one day then I may have seen combined in my entire life.

Wow,amazing Misako,i never saw a thing like that,congrats and thanks for sharing

misako
misako 11 years ago

Thank you Adarsha B S!

Adarsha B S
Adarsha B S 11 years ago

Incredible!

misako
misako 11 years ago

Thank you FrancisQuintana!

FrancisQuintana
FrancisQuintana 11 years ago

Excellent spotting misako!

misako
misako 11 years ago

Thank you KarenL!

KarenL
KarenL 11 years ago

Amazing! Great spot misako!

misako
misako 11 years ago

Thank you YukoChartraw--there were so many of them and they looked like berries on the plants.

YukoChartraw
YukoChartraw 11 years ago

WOW!!! This is an amazing spotting!
The 5th photo looks like Azuki beans!

misako
Spotted by
misako

California, USA

Spotted on Nov 1, 2012
Submitted on Nov 19, 2012

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