Lady Beetles

FOURTEEN SPOTTED LADY BEETLES

Little did I know at the time that ladybugs are not always red.

Pretty cool patterning, just a neat looking beetle.

Side angle

Ladybug love

MULTICOLORED LADY BEETLES

Ladybug and guy ladybug

Bigger female again, caught this couple on film, check it out, last thumbnail in this group.

This type of ladybug comes in different colored patterns and shades. I ID them by the carapace mostly.

Having an aphid appetizer

Ladybug head on

Another plainer version

Same plainer one from the top

Pretty big eyes for a wee beetle

Lots of dots on this one

Another many dotted one

A plainer one, but the carapace looks lighter too, argh, back to the ID guides.

Not sure what its lunch used to be

Interesting angle prior to take off

Aha, so this is what it looks like under the wings

Ladybug loving in action. Kind of funny actually, the male spins around here like it doesn't quite know which end is up.

NINE-SPOTTED LADY BEETLES

I don't think they can crane their necks, but this one has a long one

Preparing for take off, how does it fold such delicate wings under those hard covering ones?

RED LADY BEETLES

What a cutie, note the uniformly patterned carapace vs the more abstract multi-colored asian one.

At this angle, tough to tell, I think it's a red one.

SEVEN-SPOTTED LADY BEETLES

Picking its way along a Queen Anne's Lace plant

Note the mostly black carapace and big black dot on the top middle of its back.

Here you can see its mostly black body and bold white dots on neck and back.

My first ladybug photos, and someone had the nerve to ask me how I photoshopped the sunburst on its back!!

TWICE STABBED LADY BEETLES

Coolest ladybug name, but it is dastardly as well. I felt a wee nip on my leg, saw this one, grabbed my macro and shot a few before I had to brush it off.

WESTERN LADY BEETLES

One of the more modest ladybugs looking serene

Sharing a rest stop with a longhorn beetle.

NYMPH LADY BEETLES

Are ladybug larvae crazy looking or what?

They are super speedy as well.

This alien life form turns into those cute round bugs, unreal.

Top shot of its ferocious looking form

This one was tearing around the leaves in an NYC community garden.
Apparently ferocious feeders as well, feeding on their favorite food, aphids.

I am pretty sure this is a ladybug larvae transforming. Weird white tufts up top.
Most definitely a ladybug morphing.

Interesting two tones, looks like the lighter is the one being shed..?

Nymph crawling too quickly to be a great clip, man these suckers move quickly.