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Hippodamia sp.
Found these ladybird eggs on a sycamore tree leaf and by chance after few days I came across them again while the larvae were just hatching.
Backyard, sycamore tree
Spotted on Sep 11, 2013
Submitted on Sep 11, 2013
17 Comments
Thanks dotun55!
There some insect larva I've never seen before. This was one of them. Well done.Great spotting!
The baby monsters :)
Very cute little fellows giving a great performance :)
Jopy, that's true! We are biologist so we have some knowledge, can't rely only in luck :). Thanks Karen for using the photo as a fun fact and thanks to Harsha and Tina for the nice comments :)
Congratulations for a this spotting and the potential in it to spread the ladybug-knowledge to the world :) Great choice, and interesting text KarenL :)
Wow! What a great capture! Congrats Faredin!
Fun fact! Ladybugs may be the stars of nursery rhymes and children’s stories but they are also voracious predators, devouring a wide variety of insects and their eggs, including other species of beetle. In fact a single ladybug can consume over 5,000 aphids and other soft-bodied insects during their lifetime! Here a new generation of ladybug larvae emerges to do battle against pests!
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I have to say, a little luck and lot of knowledge :))
Thanks KarenL and Jopy, I was just lucky :)
wow, great moment! I'm impressed :)
Awesome series Fared!
Thank you, vivianpoma! I was really lucky to find them at that exact moment when they were in the different stages of hatching.
excellent capture, wonderful photo, a dreamy moment!
Thank you Jemma and Daniele!
Awesome series Faredin!
great set of pics and details.