So, I kept looking to see what I might see...and it turned out that the creatures most noticeable to me yesterday were ladybirds. The weather was warm and mild, and it seemed to semi wake up our red and black spotty friends, who one would have thought might have been hunkered down in their sleepy holes after a few chilly nights.
Instead, a mild day brought them up to rather lethargically trundle about on the flowers that are still kicking around. I say trundle, they were barely moving.
Like me on a Saturday morning after my shift has finished.
I hope they didn't become easy targets for passing birds.
Si
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That's beautiful Ladybird, I love it.
ReplyDeleteI read a small article in the paper the other day that said a involving a couple universities study reckons Germany's insect population has declined by 75% since the 1990s. They gave no causes, but pesticide must be high on the list of suspects I would have thought.
ReplyDeleteYes, we have also had large numbers of Ladybirds, sadly most of them Harlequins. Lovely photos, as ever, Si.
ReplyDeleteYes, the insect decline and pollination crisis has been very much noted here in the UK
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