I know these are not great photographs, but to this day I found the habits of these "cute" little creatures amazing. First of all they have hollow bodies, and all that beautiful color you see is some weird covering for these bizarre wings. Those colored cases open up, and these wings come out, and no more beautiful lady bugs anymore. When I was a little girl these were the cutest things to me. As an adult, they look pretty ferocious under there. One of the greatest adventures in photography is not posting the best shot you can find, but understanding and actually investigating through a lens, things the naked eye may never catch. And although its not a great shot or this or that, to explore like this and see something up close, and understand its habits is worth all the salt sometimes of one photograph.