Ladybird Larvae and Eggs (Hippodamia sp.)

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Photo by FaredinAliyevski

Published on Project Noah

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Field Notes

Description:

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.

Habitat:

Backyard, sycamore tree

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Comments (17)

FaredinAliyevski

Thanks dotun55!

dotun55

There some insect larva I've never seen before. This was one of them. Well done.Great spotting!

FaredinAliyevski

The baby monsters :)

Adarsha B S

Very cute little fellows giving a great performance :)

FaredinAliyevski

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 :)

Tiz

Congratulations for a this spotting and the potential in it to spread the ladybug-knowledge to the world :) Great choice, and interesting text KarenL :)

Harsha Singh

Wow! What a great capture! Congrats Faredin!

KarenL

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! https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10153231755735603&set=a.10152575329380603.958289.10150120463815603&type=1

Jopy

I have to say, a little luck and lot of knowledge :))

FaredinAliyevski

Thanks KarenL and Jopy, I was just lucky :)

Jopy

wow, great moment! I'm impressed :)

KarenL

Awesome series Fared!

FaredinAliyevski

Thank you, vivianpoma! I was really lucky to find them at that exact moment when they were in the different stages of hatching.

vivianpoma

excellent capture, wonderful photo, a dreamy moment!