Seven-Spot Ladybird on Xanthoria by durleybeachbum

Photography • Insects • posted on Apr 13, 2015

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Description

Coccinella 7-puncata on this beautiful lichened twig. Another on the Sloe blossom

Comments (22)

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giulband

8:08AM | Mon, 13 April 2015

Absolutely wonderful capture and colors !!!

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jendellas

9:33AM | Mon, 13 April 2015

Love ladybirds, she is beautiful.

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jocko500

9:38AM | Mon, 13 April 2015

very lovely

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CavalierLady

9:40AM | Mon, 13 April 2015

Beautiful shots, that lichen (?) on the branch is outstanding!

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pat40

9:53AM | Mon, 13 April 2015

Gorgeous shots

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Juliette.Gribnau

10:05AM | Mon, 13 April 2015

she is an early ladybird; beautifully captured

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Adobe_One_Kenobi

10:29AM | Mon, 13 April 2015

How refreshing to see one of ours, instead of the Chinese invader Harmonia axyridis..

Adobe_One_Kenobi

10:32AM | Mon, 13 April 2015

By the way, last year, I observed a great tit feasting on HA larvae, hope that's a habit others will form. We will then see lots more of our lady birds.

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photosynthesis

11:21AM | Mon, 13 April 2015

Outstanding shot - great color, composition & focus...

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wysiwig

11:55AM | Mon, 13 April 2015

This is really a brilliant close up. Outstanding light and color and pin sharp.

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kgb224

12:09PM | Mon, 13 April 2015

Amazing captures both of them Andrea. God bless.

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emmecielle

12:57PM | Mon, 13 April 2015

Splendid images! Great capture! :)

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jayfar

1:02PM | Mon, 13 April 2015

No suggestion of feeling under the weather with these glorious pics Andrea.

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helanker

2:44PM | Mon, 13 April 2015

I also took some shots of a ladybug the other day :-) THis is a wonderful shot Andrea :)

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Chipka

3:14PM | Mon, 13 April 2015

I was visited by one of those Brazilian ones: they're a little bit more brown and have more than 7 spots...that and they say all sorts of insect things with a distinct, Portuguese accent. But anyway, what a shot! I love the composition and that fancy lichen. The light is superb! It's so warm and vivid, but it's friendly to the eyes. The textures are amazing and the DOF is magical. This is the kind of shot I'd expect to see in National Geographic. On another note, I've been revisiting some "Classic" science fiction..well, maybe "classic" is the wrong word. I've been revisiting the genre of cheesy pulp science fiction, and because of that, when I saw the name of this image, I thought of how wonderful a pulp sci-fi title it would make, with just one itsy-bitty modification: something like "Seven-Spot Ladybird on Xanthoria-VIII" Hmmm...now I wonder if I should attempt to write such a tale.

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Glendaw

11:29PM | Mon, 13 April 2015

What a great photo of the gorgeous Ladybug, flowers and sunny day !

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Jennyfnf

1:12AM | Tue, 14 April 2015

Glorious photograph of this pollen coated 7 spot:-)

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midnightmum

3:32AM | Tue, 14 April 2015

I hope this ladybird brings me luck, love the contrasting red & yellow.

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moochagoo

2:35PM | Tue, 14 April 2015

Love the color contrast.

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irisinthespring

7:58PM | Tue, 14 April 2015

Marvelous captures of this huge lady bug in action, love these!

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MrsRatbag

8:01PM | Wed, 15 April 2015

Now I'm wondering how a ladybug with a Portugese accent sounds...LOL! What a brilliant shot!!!

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tommorules

3:23PM | Sat, 18 April 2015

I need to read up on these so I can tell the goodies from the baddies. Last year my native garden blackbird caught & ate one of these in flight. Never seen that before. This year the female clings to the bird-feeder. Emergent behaviour perhaps? Well, for me to witness, at any rate!!

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