tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1478882493164975499.post8656034144010184507..comments2024-03-25T17:43:30.932+00:00Comments on Wild and Wonderful: Largely LadybirdsCaroline Gillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05203454486693014969noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1478882493164975499.post-50481747782816963302021-02-28T14:41:01.313+00:002021-02-28T14:41:01.313+00:00Thank you, Amanda, for your kind comment. The pine...Thank you, Amanda, for your kind comment. The pine ones are much smaller than the harlequins. They have black heads and that rim round the elytra. I'm not sure why we always have a fair sprinkling of them, but perhaps it's due to our evergreens, leaf litter and hawthorn tree.Caroline Gillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05203454486693014969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1478882493164975499.post-58818349627250710372021-02-25T06:35:15.815+00:002021-02-25T06:35:15.815+00:00Lovely to see you have so many Pine ladybirds, on...Lovely to see you have so many Pine ladybirds, one I have not recorded as far as I know as the Harlequin ladybird can have very similar markings, will have to take a closer look.Amanda Petershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16760505541954557539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1478882493164975499.post-29507810081824795942021-02-24T19:28:49.646+00:002021-02-24T19:28:49.646+00:00Thank you, CGP and RR, for your kind comments. No ...Thank you, CGP and RR, for your kind comments. No Harlequins seen here yet; and, CGP, I guess you may be a few days behind us. Our ladybirds have found very sheltered spots in which to walk about. Caroline Gillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05203454486693014969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1478882493164975499.post-68194737059195597262021-02-24T17:35:47.848+00:002021-02-24T17:35:47.848+00:00Lovely photos and so good to see native ladybirds!...Lovely photos and so good to see native ladybirds! All I have seen here are Harlequins :( Nice to see daffodils about to flower too :) I haven't seen a butterfly yet either or a bumble bee!Ragged Robinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14090463834740346114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1478882493164975499.post-90217954355759199972021-02-24T14:33:13.468+00:002021-02-24T14:33:13.468+00:00lovely photos of your pine ladybirds Caroline! You...lovely photos of your pine ladybirds Caroline! Yours seem to be more active than ours, though some of ours are occasionally waking from hibernation to take a wee walkCrafty Green Poethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02486633917197181851noreply@blogger.com