Some diary paintings! I didn't really know how I wanted to decorate this time, so I went to r/sketchdaily and just selected one of the prompts. This prompt was "covered in beetles."
This [alleged] #ladybug has decided to spend winter with me. She never stays still for long. Now I need to shower carefully to avoid washing her away...
Hello little friend! This ladybug investigated my giant swiss chard quite thoroughly before settling in a leaf curl. #gardening#insects#ladybug@gardening
Die fehlerfreie mehrmalige Aussprache des wiss. Namen des Vierzehntropfigen #Marienkäfer|s (Calvia quatuordecimguttata) wird nach dem einen oder anderen Gläschen zur Herausforderung.
My early morning ritual; a walk in Veale Gardens #Adelaide just as the sun's rising, giving the ducklings a little feed of baby peas & corn, and taking some photos, before a sit-down to process them while having coffee back at home :)
I came upon this interesting scene today: a ladybug had found an ant "aphid farm" and was about to deliver a whole world of pain. The ant fell down the plant while trying to block the ladybug.
(Some species of ants have a mutualistic relationship with aphids. They herd the aphids to collect honeydew, and protect them from predators.)
The name "ladybug" was coined by European farmers who prayed to the Virgin Mary when pests began eating their crops. After ladybugs came and wiped out the invading insects, the farmers named them "beetle of Our Lady." This eventually was shortened to "lady beetle" and "ladybug." NASA even sent a few ladybugs into space with aphids to see how aphids would escape in zero gravity.
'I keep molting.
To become a shiny cool compact car that can fly.
But right now I'm still a baby.
So I'm taking a nap wrapped in a wafer paper-like blanket.' 🐞
They are the same animal: a seven-spotted ladybug (coccinella septempunctata) and its larva. The ladybug is an aphid-eater used for pest control, but the larvae are even more effective for this.
iPhone 15 Pro main camera + the lens of binoculars used as reading glasses for close focusing.
My other macros in: https://www.instagram.com/mymacrominitips/
Son el mismo animal: una mariquita de siete puntos (coccinella septempunctata) y su larva. La mariquita es una devoradora de pulgones que se usa para control de plagas, pero las larvas son aún más eficaces para esto.
Es handelt sich um ein und dasselbe Tier: einen Siebenpunkt-Marienkäfer (Coccinella septempunctata) und seine Larve. Der Marienkäfer ist ein Blattlausfresser, der zur Schädlingsbekämpfung eingesetzt wird, aber die Larven sind dafür noch effektiver.