flyaway > I found this ladybug stowaway on our balcony. I hoped it would stay alive until I could release it at our first stop, but it was two days and it didn't make it.
flyaway > Ladybug contemplating her lunch of tasty aphids.

9-23-06
flyaway > A striking Large Milkweed Bug (Oncopeltus fasciatus) on -- of course -- a milkweed pod.

9-23-06
flyaway > Ladybugs who lunch (the orange aphids look delicious to her).

9-23-06
flyaway > I saw this very small green beetle crawling on a deck rail. It flew away a moment later.
4-2-06
flyaway > A Spotted Cucumber Beetle  rests on this white flower while a skipper sips nectar from the pink blossom behind it.
10-31-04
flyaway > A Spotted Cucumber Beetle (Diabrotica undecimpunctata) sits on a petal of a white garden flower. There's also a skipper on the pink blossom behind it.
10-31-04
flyaway > This pretty little bug is a very young, first-instar nymph of the Green Stinkbug (Acrosternum hilare). 
8-8-04
flyaway > At first we thought the Japanese beetle in the preceding picture was injured, since it only seemed to have one antenna. But then we found another on a leaf and watched it for awhile. It waved one leg around, bobbed its head up and down and folded and unfolded its antennae. It was fascinating to watch, but I wouldn't have enjoyed it so much had I known it did so much harm.
I found this ladybug stowaway on our balcony. I hoped it would stay alive until I could release it at our first stop, but it was two days and it didn't make it.
flyaway > I found this ladybug stowaway on our balcony. I hoped it would stay alive until I could release it at our first stop, but it was two days and it didn't make it.
I found this ladybug stowaway on our balcony. I hoped it would stay alive until I could release it at our first stop, but it was two days and it didn't make it.
See photo in gallery

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