🧵 If you listened to my micro-macro-amplifyer you could hear a "roaaarrr!" against #aphids on my rose. In German, #ladybird larvae are called Blattlauslöwen, #aphid lions.

Because of the warm winter and the terrible dryness, we have myriads of aphids. And because of farmers using more pesticides, we have less #insects and insect eating #birds. So more aphids*. Everything is #interconnected. Read ALT!

#NatureMatchCuts #ladybeetle #Coccinellidae #HarmoniaAxyridis #ecosystems #naturephotography

Asian lady beetles doing some stuff

Saw the hordes on a hike they were all along the side of the path

after learning that they weren't lady bugs and are an invasive species I'm not really sure what to think of them.
@entomology

#insects #macrophotography #Photography #neatobuilds #sonya7riii #laowa #ladybeetle #naturephotography #nature

Orange Ladybird (Halyzia sedecimguttata)
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#LadyBeetle #Ladybug #Ladybird #Beetle #Coleoptera #ArtWithOpenSource #Darktable #CCBYSA #Insect #Insects #LadyBeetles #Ladybugs #Ladybirds #Beetles #Animal #Animals #Wildlife #WildlifePhotography #Nature #NaturePhotography #Photography

Striped ladybird beetle (Micrapsis frenata) eating ... an angiosperm? I'm going with angiosperm.

#WildOz #OzInverts #MacroPhotography #Meanjin #Brisbane #Australia #Nature #Arthropod #Insect #LadyBird #LadyBug #LadyBeetle #Coccinellidae

Happy #Pride all!

It's also the Great Southern Bioblitz on #iNaturalist this weekend so I've been spending all day taking pictures of animals. Here's a variable ladybird beetle (Coelophora inaequalis—a native Australian insect) enjoying the morning dew.

#GSBioblitz #WildOz #OzInverts #MacroPhotography #Meanjin #Brisbane #Australia #Nature #Arthropod #Insect #Ladybird #Ladybug #LadyBeetle #Coelophora