Saturday, 12 March 2011

Ladybugs

A tiny ladybird.  Probably a Steelblue Ladybird - Halmus chalybeus - introduced from Australia.
What struck me about this photo is that the insect is so small that before the photo was enlarged I had no idea that I actually had those tiny hairs on the back of my finger! 
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  1. ADRIAN12 March 2011 at 23:48

    What a little smasher.
    You need Grecian 2000 on that finger.

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  2. DawnTreader13 March 2011 at 01:10

    Tiny?! (LOL) Well I guess the bug must be really tiny too then... I'm afraid with me it just stirs up memories of a holiday back in the 90s on the Swedish south coast when similar bugs (the red ladybug + also other small black beetles) were swarming... hundreds, thousands, clouds of them...

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  3. Scrappy Grams13 March 2011 at 08:03

    We have yellow ladybugs (not really its name, can't remember it) and red with black dots ladybugs. How interesting it is to me that you call them ladybirds. Do they call them that in the UK? I wonder. The color of the Steelblue Ladybird is gorgeous!

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  4. Pauline13 March 2011 at 09:20

    I hadn't relized that I hadn't seen one of those for many years until I saw your shot. Aren't they beautiful?

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  5. Marcel13 March 2011 at 10:11

    and in your ears and your nose.....

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  6. Unknown13 March 2011 at 19:22

    Wow! that is small! Lovely shade of blue as well.

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  7. Jaz from Treacy Family13 March 2011 at 20:42

    I love these bugs. Beautiful :-)

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  8. Unknown14 March 2011 at 04:57

    I only know our kind of ladybug, red with the black spots. also much bigger! cute bug though.

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  9. shabby girl17 March 2011 at 12:53

    I've seen the red/black dots, green/black dots, black heads/read body, but never one like this! Cool!

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