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My full and kooky life as a homeschooling mommy to 2 great kids, raising a child with HLHS (Hypolastic Left Heart Syndrome), coping with depression, following Jesus, and being much too camera happy.
10 responses to “Bugs galore in Japanese cheesewood shrub”
Look at all those ladybug species! Lucky you!
I couldn’t believe the variety!! This is the go-to shrub for us for bug observation.
These are fun! Especially that first image / the red and the green pops
Thank you Yvette! They were interesting finds during a mid morning walk. We were wondering where to find bugs, and this is the shrub!!
You lucked out with the bugs for learning purposes for the kids. I see Ladybugs but not sure the other bugs – you’ll have to help me out.
I was mistaken Linda…the bugs are all ladybugs in different stages. Larva, pupa, and ladybug. I was so sure they were different kinds of bugs, but then Norah, another blogger noted the ladybugs in metamorphosis; that’s when I realized it. I should’ve been familiar with it since we did a ladybug project a few years back. Can’t blame the kids for not remembering; their teacher forgot too!
Okay – I didn’t realize that. Good for Norah – I’ve chatted with her on Hugh’s blog in the past. Do you wish on them for good luck? We used to do that when we were kids and they’d land on us.
Ladybirds are so cute. How wonderful to get photos of the adult, the pupa and the larva. But no eggs? I was pleased to get photos of all four stages on my wattle tree a few years ago.
It didn’t register in my mind until examining the photos later. Maybe the black dot is the egg. When my kiddos and I did a ladybug project years ago, they arrived as larva (similar looking to tiny alligators. I’m going to revisit that shrub and look for eggs.
Great observation Norah!
I looked for my photos of ladybirds eggs and couldn’t find them, so maybe I lied. Sorry. From what I recall, the eggs are yellow and laid in a cluster underneath the leaves. Good luck finding them. Let me know how you go. 🙂