Ladybird Swimming by Kaye Menner is a photograph by Kaye Menner which was uploaded on March 19th, 2016.
Ladybird Swimming by Kaye Menner
**ACHIEVED EQUAL 1ST PLACE IN FAA CONTEST - Ladybug and Aphids April 2016
A yellow ladybird with black spots swimming in shallow water with an... more
by Kaye Menner
Title
Ladybird Swimming by Kaye Menner
Artist
Kaye Menner
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Photograph - Photography
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**ACHIEVED EQUAL 1ST PLACE IN FAA CONTEST - "Ladybug and Aphids" April 2016
A yellow ladybird with black spots swimming in shallow water with an aphid at her mouth. The ladybird is casting a shadow in the water.
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[From Wikipedia]
The Coccinellidae are a family of small beetles, ranging from 0.8 to 18 mm (0.0315 to 0.708 inches). They are commonly yellow, orange, or red with small black spots on their wing covers, with black legs, heads and antennae. Such color patterns vary greatly, however; for example, a minority of species, such as Vibidia duodecimguttata, a twelve-spotted species, have whitish spots on a brown background. Coccinellids are found worldwide, with over 6,000 species described.
Coccinellidae are known as ladybugs in North America, and ladybirds in other areas. Entomologists in the United States widely prefer the names ladybird beetles or lady beetles as these insects are not true bugs.
The Coccinellidae are generally considered useful insects, because many species feed on aphids or scale insects, which are pests in gardens, agricultural fields, orchards, and similar places. Within the colonies of such plant-eating pests, they will lay hundreds of eggs, and when these hatch, the larvae will commence feeding immediately.
However, some species do have unwelcome effects; among these, the most prominent are the subfamily Epilachninae, which are plant eaters. Usually, Epilachninae are only mild agricultural pests, eating the leaves of grain, potatoes, beans, and various other crops, but their numbers can increase explosively in years when their natural enemies, such as parasitoid wasps that attack their eggs, are few. In such situations, they can do major crop damage. They occur in practically all the major crop-producing regions of temperate and tropical countries.
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March 19th, 2016