Saturday, 5 February 2011

Ladybirds

A few days ago I got round to clearing up a pile of fallen leaves. I dumped them in the green wheelie bin for collection in March when the service restarts after the Winter break.  The next time I went to use the bin I spotted this group of seven spot ladybirds inside the lid. They had been overwintering in the leaves.

Seven Spot Ladybirds

Yesterday while I was repairing some fence panels I noticed quite a few more seven spots in various nooks and crannies. I hadn't expected to see so many considering temperatures were down to -10C near the end of last year.

10 comments:

  1. Well at least they are seven spots John and not Harlequins.

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  2. Hardy little things......wonderful though.

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  3. Good to know they survived. Tough little things.

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  4. Hi John, They must be hardier than we would expect. I have been finding them here too. I think they must overwinter under some tiles beneath our south facing bay window because for years, just after Christmas whenever there is sunshine, they appear on the inside of the bedroom window but goodness knows how they get in!

    The wind is still as vicious here, if not more so and it doesn't help living on a hill!

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  5. They found a cozy place for their winter stay. Good to know they survived and their red little bodies stand out well on your complementary coloured wheelie bin. (I don't think I've ever written wheelie bin before...the term makes me kind of chuckle as it sounds so cute... we just call them trash cans or garbage bins).

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  6. I'm pleased to say Roy that I haven't seen a Harlequin as yet. Long may it stay that way.

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  7. Amazing, Keith, that such little creatures can survive though the winter.

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  8. There you go Glo - a new word to your vocabulary lol.

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  9. Surprising, Jan, just what small spaces they can squeeze through. Still a howling gale here today.

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Thank you for visiting. Hope you enjoyed the pictures. Any comment, or correction to any information or identification I get wrong, is most welcome. John

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