We visited the school garden today and harvested lots of fava beans. The fava beans are covered with aphids. They are also covered with ladybugs. Ladybugs, ladybugs, everywhere ladybugs. Ladybug eggs, ladybug nymphs, ladybug chrysalis, and loads and loads of adults. Did you know that ladybugs have 4 life stages? They are like butterflies that way. Many insects do this, but butterflies get all the credit. Can you recognize the ladybug in all her forms? Mosquito took these photos for you.
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| Adult ladybug and aphids |
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| Ladybug eggs on fava bean leaf |
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| Ladybug nymph |
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| Busy ladybugs |
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| Beautiful ladybug with heart spots |
When we came home we found that Cob-weaver's Underwing moth had hatched from its chrysalis. We had buried the chrysalis in soil in a jar. We let it go at dusk.
Farmer Ladybug🐞
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